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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1982

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE

FOR JANUARY-JUNE 1982 *****

PRICES OF BOTH DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE FIRST HALF OF 1981, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY 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) CHANGED ONLY SLIGHTLY. THE VOLUMES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT AND 4 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT, WITH THE VOLUME DOWN BY

3 PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES WERE UP BY 10 PER CENT AND A DECREASE BY 3 PER CENT WAS RECORDED FOR THE VOLUME.

FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO JUNE 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO JUNE 1981, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT AND 10 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS EXPANDED BY 4 PER CENT AND THAT OF RE-EXPORTS BY 9 PER CENT, GIVING A 6 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A 2 PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS.

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUE 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, EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP ARE

UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC SHOWN BELOW -

PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING

JAN. -JUNE 1982 WITH JAN.-JUNE 1981

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

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5

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7

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