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WATCHES AND CLOCKS

ALL COMMODITIES

TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1982

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CHANGES COMPARING MAY 1982 WITH MAY 1981

EXPORT

VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT

VOLUME

-26%

INSIGNIFICANT

-19%

+ 8%

8%

8%

THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM SIX PER CENT FOR TEXTILE FABRICS TO 16 PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-4%), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-14%), METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-14%), AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-19%).

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+17%). ON THE OTHER HAND, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-14%), FOOTWEAR (-21%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-32%).

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

CHANGES COMPARING MAY 1982 WITH MAY 1981

IMPORT

VALUE

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

IMPORT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+ 5%

+ 9%

49%

CONSUMER GOODS

+ 2%

+ 5%

39%

FUELS

-28%

7%

-23%

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

- 1%

+ 7%

8%

CAPITAL GOODS

-11%

+16%

-23%

ALL COMMODITIES

3%

+ 7%

-10%

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY SEVEN PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM FIVE PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 16 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

MOST OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DROPPED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING VEGETABLES, ANIMALS OF BOVINE SPECIES AS WELL AS SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, WHEAT AND FLOUR AS WELL AS SUGAR ROSE SUBSTANTIVELY.

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