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MONDAY, MARCH 5, 1984

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 14 PER CENT AND 15 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, SO THAT THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT. MEANWHILE, THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID.

HE EXPLAINED ALSO THAT 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 COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

AS SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE EXPORT PRICES OF ALL COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, FROM TWO PER CENT FOR RADIOS OF ALL KINDS TO 22 PER CENT FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP.

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME IN NEARLY ALL COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+142%), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+58%), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+40%), TEXTILE FABRICS (+29%) AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+27%). HOWEVER, A SLIGHT DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR FOOTWEAR (-2%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED, RANGING FROM NINE PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 14 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS.

MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEA AND COFFEE, SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, SUGAR, WHEAT AND FLOUR, AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. HOWEVER,

HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF VEGETABLES, LIVE POULTRY AND BOVINE ANIMALS DECREASED MODERATELY.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR WATCHES, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS, CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY, CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HOWEVER,

TOBACCO SLIGHT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, MANUFACTURES AND PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE, AMONG WHICH SILK FABRICS, THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS, MAN- MADE FIBRES, YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR. AND PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK, AND CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALU, EXCEPT GLASS, DROPPED MODERATELY.

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

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