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MONDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1982

METAL MANUFACTURES

5

+

ON

9

-

13

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

49

1

49

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

7

22

+ 37

ALL COMMODITIES

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6

2

7

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF SOME COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM TWO PER CENT FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND TEXTILE FABRICS TO 11 PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-ONE PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-NINE PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-10 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-22 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR MOST COMMODITY GROUPS, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (-21 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-35 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (-38 PER CENT) AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-49 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+37 PER CENT).

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

PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1982

WITH SEPTEMBER 1981

IMPORT VALUE

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

IMPORT VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+16

4

+ 11

CONSUMER GOODS

2

2

INSIGNIFICANT

FUELS

28

8

+ 40

RAW MATERIALS AND

9

1

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SEMI-MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS

ALL COMMODITIES

4

+ 5

INSIGNIFICANT

1

INSIGNIFICANT

1

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF FUELS, THE PRICES OF WHICH DROPPED BY EIGHT PER CENT. THE CHANGES IN PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY WERE MODERATE, RANGING FROM A ONE PER CENT DROP FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO A FIVE PER CENT INCREASE FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

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