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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 1982

METAL MANUFACTURES

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

ALL COMMODITIES

+7

+10

3

-23

7

-17

+ 5

-20

+30

+ 3

+ 5

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THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF SOME COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM SIX PER CENT FOR TEXTILE FABRICS TO 19 PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-7%), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-10%), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-12%), AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-20%).

DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR MOST COMMODITY GROUPS, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-16%), METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-17%), TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-20%) AND FOOTWEAR (-29%). ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+30%).

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

IMPORT VALUE

PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING AUGUST 1982 WITH AUGUST 1981

IMPORT

IMPORT UNIT VALUE VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+17

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+13

CONSUMER GOODS

+7

+

+3

FUELS

+15

+26

RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES

- 5

+1

- 7

CAPITAL GOODS

+ 2

5

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 3

INSIGNIFI- CANT

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY NINE PER CENT, THE PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY INCREASED MODERATELY, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES TO EIGHT PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

MOST OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR AS WELL AS FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS, ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF LIVE POULTRY DROPPED.

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