XN000022-1983-02-08 — Page 9

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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1983

FOOTWEAR

-33

6

-29

METAL MANUFACTURES

· 6

-11

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

+55

+12

+39

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+12

-21

+43

ALL COMMODITIES

+ 2

+ 3

3

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF SOME COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM FOUR PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND TEXTILE FABRICS TO 12 PER CENT FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR FOOTWEAR (-6%) TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-10%), AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-21%).

DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR MOST COMMODITY GROUPS, INCLUDING CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR) (-8%) METAL MANUFACTURES (-11%), TEXTILE FABRICS (-12%), FOOTWEAR (-29% AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-32%). ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+43%), METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+39%) AND FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+38%)

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

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PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING NOVEMBER

1982 WITH NOVEMBER 1981

IMPORT VALUE

IMPORT

UNIT VALUE

IMPORT VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+10

+5

+ 5

CONSUMER GOODS

+ 2

ليا

3

FUELS

-10

+ 5

-14

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS

ALL COMMODITIES

6

+1

6

1

+ 3

4

- 2

+ 2

THE CHANGES IN PRICES OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY WERE MODERATE, RANGING FROM A ONE PER CENT INCREASE FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO A FIVE PER CENT INCREASE FOR FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS

MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS, TEA AND COFFEE AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR DROPPED.

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