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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR APRIL 1982

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THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY NINE PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPOSTS BY EIGHT PER CENT IN APRIL 1982 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 181, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE

INDEX) ROSE BY ONE PER CENT, THE VOLUME OF EXPORTS INCREASED PY TWO PER CENT WHILE THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS DROPPED MARGINALLY. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT, WITH THE

LUME DOWN BY FOUR PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES WERE UP BY 10 PER CENT AND INSIGNIFICANT CHANGE WAS RECORDED FOR THE VOLUME.

FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO APRIL 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO APRIL 1981, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS EY 12 PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS EXPANDED BY SIX PER CENT AND THAT OF RE-EXPORTS BY 14 PER CENT, GIVING A NINE PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A FIVE 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) -

CHANGES COMPARING APRIL 1982 WITH APRIL 1981

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VALUE

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR) +16

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

+13

EXPORT VOLUME

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+ 5

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5

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TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+ 2

+20

-15

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

-23

-15

FOOTWEAR

4

+12

-14

METAL HANUFACTURES

+13

METAL ORES ANC scrib

6

-17

+13

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