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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1985

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS FELL IN AUGUST 1985 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1984. THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-16 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-12 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-10 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-NINE PER CENT) FOOTWEAR (-SEVEN PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE FABRICS (-SIX PER CENT).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR SOME COMMODITY GROUPS, RANGING FROM TWO PER CENT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AS WELL AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES TO FIVE PER CENT FOR METAL MANUFACTURES.

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF NEARLY ALL COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN AUGUST 1985 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1984, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-36 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-29 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-26 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-19 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-16 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (-14 PER CENT); CLOTHING (-12 PER CENT) AS WELL AS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-10 PER CENT). HOWEVER, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+EIGHT PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+FOUR PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+TWO PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR AUGUST AND FOR JANUARY-AUGUST OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPOND ING PERIODS IN 1984 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL THE END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN AUGUST 1985 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1984, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS TO 10 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS.

MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN AUGUST 1985 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1984, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING LIVE POULTRY AS WELL AS TEA AND COFFEE.

SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH WAS ALSO RECORDED FOR CEREAL AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR; FRUIT; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; VEGETABLES; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS RICE. HOWEVER DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SUGAR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD, SWINE AS WELL AS ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED. THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; FOOTWEAR ; WATCHES: ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AS WELL AS CLOTHING.

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS AS WELL AS TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.

/THE IMPORT