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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1985

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 SHOWN IN TABLE 1, THE EXPORT PRICES OF MOST OF THE COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1984 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1983, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD TO 26 PER CENT FOR TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN EXPORT PRICES WERE REGISTERED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-18 PER CENT), WATCHES AND (LOCKS (-8 PER CENT) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-3 PER CENT).

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING METAL ORES AND SCRAP

12 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+40 PER CENT), DOMESTIC LECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+16 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (+13 PER CENT) AND

DIOS OF ALL KINDS (+10 PER CENT). HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-31 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-30 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-15 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FÁBRICS (-10 PER CENT).

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

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ALRESENTED IN TABLE 2 IMPORT PRICES OF MOST OF THE END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED SLIGHTLY AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1983 PRICES, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS TO SIX PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR FUELS (-7 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (-1 PER CENT).

MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECLINED IN VOLUME TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING WHEAT AND FLOUR; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD: FRUIT SWINE: CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR; AS WELL AS VEGETABLES. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE, LIVE POULTRY, RICE AS WELL AS MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAJOR CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING RADIOS, TELEVISION SET, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS, PASSENGER MOT CARS, ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, FOOTWEAR, CLOTHING AS WELL AS

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EHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT ME WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE TERIALS AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.

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