XN000022-1983-01-09 — Page 3

SUNDAY, JANUARY 9, 1983

ELECTRONIC

+ 8

2

I

+ 1

+ 7

COMPONENTS

FOOTWEAR

-43

+

-48

METAL MANUFACTURES

- 4

+ 5

9

METAL ORES AND

-47

-

2

-46

SCRAP

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

ALL COMMODITIES

6

-22

+1

+32

7

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF SOME COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM ONE PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS TO EIGHT PER CENT FOR FOOTWEAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-2%), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-10%) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-22%).

DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR MOST COMMODITY GROUPS, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (-23%), TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-30%), METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-46%) AND FOOTWEAR (-48%). ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+32%).

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

PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING OCTOBER 1982 WITH OCTOBER 1981

IMPORT VALUE

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

IMPORT VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+ 7

+ 2

+ 5

CONSUMER GOODS

-

- 1

+ 6

7

FUELS

+26

1

3

+29

RAW MATERIALS AND

4

-

1

+

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS

+ 5

+

+

- 3

ليا

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 1

+ 2

- 1

THE CHANGES IN PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY WERE MODERATE, RANGING FROM A THREE PER CENT DROP FOR FUELS TO AN EIGHT PER CENT INCREASE FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

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