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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 1986

EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF COMPARISON TO THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 1985 WITH THE TWELVE MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 1984, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 6 PER CENT, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 27 PER CENT, GIVING AN INCREASE OF 6 PER CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. MEANWHILE. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT. PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE, ON AVERAGE, BY 1 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THAT OF IMPORTS DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR NOVEMBER AND FOR JANAURY-NOVEMBER OF 1985 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1984 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1. THIS TABLE, TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHER TABLES IS BEING SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK, AND WILL BE BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS FELL IN NOVEMBER 1985 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984. THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-14%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-13%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-12%) TEXTILE FABRICS (-9%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-5%); CLOTHING (-4%) FOOTWEAR (-4%) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-2%), INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR COMMODITY GROUPS SUCH AS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+5%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+3%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+2%) AS WELL AS METAL MANUFACTURES (+1%).

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1985 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+27%) = TEXTILE FABRICS (+16%); CLOTHING (+13%); FOOTWEAR (+10%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+8%) AS WELL AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+2%). HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-45%); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-38%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-23%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-12%); METAL MANUFACTURES (-5%) AS WELL AS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-1%).

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

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN NOVEMBER 1985 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984, RANGING FROM 5 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES TO 7 PER CENT FOR FUELS. THE IMPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS AND CAPITAL GOODS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN NOVEMBER 1985 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1984.

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