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THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+80 PER CENT), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+65 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (+45 PER CENT), METAL MANUFACTURES (+40 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+39 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+36 PER CENT), CLOTHING (+35 PER CENT), RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+34 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+30 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-34 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, RANGING FROM EIGHT PER CENT FOR FUELS TO 21 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES.

MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, RICE, VEGETABLE AS WELL AS CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SWINE, TEA AND COFFEE AS WELL AS MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY.

IN THE CONSUMER GOODS CATEGORY, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TOBACCO MANUFACTURES, ALCOHOL IC BEVERAGES, HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, CLOTHING AS WELL AS CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. HOWEVER, SLIGHT DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL RAW MATERIALS AND SEM1- MANUFACTURES ROSE, AMONG WHICH RAW COTTON, MAN-MADE FIBRES, YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES, SILK FABRIC, WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK, COTTON YARN AND THREAD, WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR, THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS AS WELL AS YARN AND FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY.

HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, AND BUILDING MATERIALS, EXCEPT GLASS DROPPED SLIGHTLY,

IMPORTS AND FUELS ROSE BY 20 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL COMMODITIES INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY, OFFICE MACHINES AS WELL AS SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.

/THE CHANGES