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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1984

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THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY OF THE COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+90 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+42 PER CENT), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+15 PER CENT) ÅND TEXTILE FABRICS (+13 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR METAL MANUFACTURES (-1 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-3 PER CENT), CLOTHING

-5 PER CENT), RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-7 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-10 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-66 PER CENT).

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, FROM SEVEN PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 18 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES.

MORE THAN HALF OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING FRUIT, CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR, SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD AS WELL AS SUGAR. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR, LIVE POULTRY AS WELL AS FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CLOTHING, RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TOBACCO MANUFACTURES AND FOOTWEAR.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE, AMONG WHICH WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK, YARN AND FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, IRON AND STEEL, PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, SILK FABRIC, LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS AS WELL AS THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 18 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITIES INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES, SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS, AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY. HOWEVER, A SLIGHT DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

/AS SHOWN