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TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1982

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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR MAY 1982

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ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS BY SEVEN PER CENT IN MAY 1982 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1981.

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 VOLUMES OF EXPORTS DROPPED BY EIGHT PER CENT AND IMPORTS BY 10 PER CENT. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT, WITH THE VOLUME DOWN BY ONE PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES WERE UP BY NINE PER CENT AND A DECREASE BY SIX PER CENT WAS RECORDED FOR THE VOLUME.

FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO MAY 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO MAY 1981, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 10 PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS BY 11 PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS EXPANDED BY FIVE PER CENT AND THAT OF RE-EXPORTS BY 12 PER CENT, GIVING A SEVEN PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A FOUR 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 I

CHANGES COMPARING MAY 1982 WITH MAY 1981

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VALUE

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+ 1%

+14%

-11%

TEXTILE FABRICS

-

5%

+ 6%

-11%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

+13%

4%

+17%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES

5%

+11%

-1496

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

-41%

-14%

-32%

FOOTWEAR

-

- 8%

+16%

-21%

METAL MANUFACTURES

+10%

+ 9%

+ 1%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-15%

-14%

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CHANGES COMPARING