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IHURSDAY, JUNE 3, 1982

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FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO MARCH 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO MARCH 1981, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY NINE PER CENT, THOSE OF IMPORTS BY 12 PER CENT AND THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS BY 10 PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS EXPANDED BY SIX PER CENT AND THAT OF RE-EXPORTS BY 17 PER CENT, GIVING AN AVERAGE NINE PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A SIX PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS.

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE ARE DERIVED FROM CHANGES IN TRADE VALUES, AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN BELOW (IN PERCENTAGES) 1-

CHANGES COMPARING MARCH 1982 WITH MARCH 1981

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

CLOTHING (EXCEPT

FUR)

+14

+12

+ 1

TEXTILE FABRICS

+ 5

+9

-

نيا

3

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

+ 5

INSIGNIFICANT

+ 5

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

+13

+21

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ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

-29

-

- 5

-25

FOOTWEAR

+10

+ 6

ليا

METAL MANUFACTURES

+19

+10

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-50

-12

-43

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+ 3

-18

+25

ALL COMMODITIES

+14

+10

+ 3

ON

THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM SIX PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR TO 21 PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS. THE OTHER HAND, THE EXPORT PRICES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS, PETAL ORES AND SCRAP, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS, DECLINED BY FIVE PER CENT, 12 PER CENT AND 18 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+25 PER CENT) AND METAL MANUFACTURES (+EIGHT PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-SEVEN PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-25 PER CENT) AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-43 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES