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SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1983

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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE FOR OCTOBER 1982

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PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY ONE PER CENT AND THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY TWO PER CENT IN OCTOBER 1982 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 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) DECLINED BY ONE PER CENT.

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DROPPED BY SEVEN PER CENT WHEREAS THAT FOR IMPORTS DROPPED BY ONE PER CENT.

THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT, WITH THE VOLUME DOWN BY FIVE PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES WERE UP BY TWO PER CENT AND A DECREASE BY SEVEN PER CENT WAS RECORDED FOR THE VOLUME.

FOR THE TWELVE-MONTH PERIOD TO OCTOBER 1982 AS COMPARED WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS TO OCTOBER 1981, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY SEVEN PER CENT, IMPORTS BY SEVEN PER CENT AND RE-EXPORTS BY 10 PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECLINED BY ONE PER CENT AND RE-EXPORT VOLUME DROPPED MARGINALLY, GIVING A ONE PER CENT DECLINE IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS AS AGAINST A TWO 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 OCTOBER 1982 WITH OCTOBER 1981

EXPORT VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

8

+

-11

TEXTILE FABRICS

-21

+ 3

-23

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

- 5

-10

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

-25

+

7

-30

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