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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1982

SEPTEMBER PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE

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PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY TWO PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE MARGINALLY IN SEPTEMBER 1982 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 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 UNIT VALUE INDEX TO THE IMPORT UNIT VALUE INDEX) ROSE BY ONE PER CENT.

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DROPPED BY SEVEN PER CENT WHEREAS THAT FOR IMPORTS IMPROVED BY ONE PER CENT. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY SIX PER CENT, WITH THE VOLUME DOWN BY NINE PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES WERE UP BY THREE PER CENT BUT THE VOLUME DECREASED BY EIGHT PER CENT.

FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO SEPTEMBER 1982, AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO SEPTEMBER 1981, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY EIGHT PER CENT, EIGHT PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS EXPANDED BY ONE PER CENT AND THAT OF RE-EXPORTS BY TWO PER CENT, GIVING A ONE PER CENT INCREASE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A ONE PER CENT DROP 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 PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUPS ARE SHOWN BELOW :

PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1982

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

TEXTILE FABRICS

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

FOOTWEAR

WITH SEPTEMBER 1981

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

11

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19

1

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34

9

-

31

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+

5

16

2

21

ON

9

+ 11

2

-

10

+ 11

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35

1

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