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MONDAY, MAY 6, 1985

DECREASES IN EXPORT PRICES WERE REGISTERED FOR COMMODITY GROUPS SUCH AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-24 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-8 PER CENT), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-5 PER CENT) ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-5 PER CENT) AND FOOTWEAR (-4 PER CENT).

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+120 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (+64 PER CENT), DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+55 PER CENT), METAL MANUFACTURES (+41 PER CENT), CLOTHING (+37 PER CENT), RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+37 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+35 PER CENT)

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-32 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS (-7 PER CENT) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-6 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 MOST END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1984, BEING -3 PER CENT FOR BOTH FOODSTUFFS AND FUELS AND -2 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, AN INCREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR CONSUMER GOODS (+2 PER CENT). THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES REMAINED AT THE LEVEL OF FEBRUARY 1984.

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MAJOR CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES: RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; AS WELL AS CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES, CLOTHING AND WATCHES.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOME OF THE RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE, AMONG WHICH SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; AS WELL AS DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS.

HOWEVER, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF COTTON YARN AND THREAD, WOVEN COTTON FABRICS, PAPER AND PAPERBOARD, IRON AND STEEL, LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS, YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, MAN-MADE FIBRES, YARN AND MAN-MADE FIBRES AS WELL AS RAW COTTON DROPPED SIGNIFICANTLY.

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