XN000022-1982-05-06 — Page 8

THURSDAY, MAY 6, 1982

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS

FOOTWEAR

-

- 17

INSIGNIFICANT

16

+ 29

6

METAL MANUFACTURES

9

9

METAL ORES AND

7

14

+ 21

INSIGNIFICANT

+ 25

SCRAP

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

5

-

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 19

15

+ 24

8

+ 10

THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM ONE PER CENT FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD TO 29 PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPORT PRICES OF METAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS, DECLINED BY 14 PER CENT AND 15 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY.

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+25 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+24 PER CENT) AND FOOTWEAR (+21 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR ÉLECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-16 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-17 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN BELOW 1-

CHANGES COMPARING FEBRUARY 1982 WITH FEBRUARY 1981

(ALL FIGURES IN PERCENTAGES)

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

IMPCRT VOLUME

IMPORT VALUE

FOODSTUFFS

+ 27

+ 12

+ 13

CONSUMER GOODS

+ 10

7

3

FUELS

+110

3

+104

RAW MATERIALS AND

+ 22

+14

7

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS

ALL COMMODITIES

+21

+ 23

+ 23

+ 12

2

+ 10

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF CAPITAL GOODS, THE PRICES OF WHICH JUMPED BY 23 PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM THREE PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 14 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES.

/MOST OF