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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 1983

EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM TWO PER CENT FOR TEXTILE FABRICS TO 14 PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR FOOTWEAR, RADIOS OF ALL KINDS AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-2% FOR EACH CATEGORY), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-3%), AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-12%).

CONSIDERABLE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+39%), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+32%) AS WELL AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+31%). HOWEVER, DECREASES IN EXPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR) (-6%) RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-12%), TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-14%), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-28%), AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (-30%).

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

PERCENTAGE CHANGES COMPARING JANUARY 1983 WITH JANUARY 1982

IMPORT

VALUE

IMPORT UNIT VALUE

IMPORT

VOLUME

FOODSTUFFS

+24

+17

CONSUMER GOODS

+19

+16

RAW MATERIALS AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

+14

+13

FUELS

- 2

9

CAPITAL GOODS

+15

+13

ALL COMMODITIES

+15

+ 3

+12

IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO SEVEN PER CENT FOR FUELS.

IMPORTS OF MOST FOODSTUFFS ROSE IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ITEMS BEING WHEAT AND FLOUR AND SUGAR. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF LIVE POULTRY DECLINED.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR FOOTWEAR, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS AND WATCHES. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AS WELL AS TOBACCO MANUFACTURES DROPPED.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE, WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES REGISTERED FOR YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, BASE METALS (INCLUDING IRON AND STEEL) AS WELL AS THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK AS WELL AS SILK FABRIC DECLINED.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY NINE PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

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