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SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 1986

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS DROPPED BY 3 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT. PRICES OF IMPORTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT. AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE. UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1995 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1984 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

AS SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES FOR ABOUT HALF OF THE COMMODITY GROUPS LISTED THEREIN DROPPED IN 1985 AS COMPARED WITH 1984. THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-16 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-8 PER CENT) DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-8 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-5 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-5 PER CENT); AND FOOTWEAR (-5 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+5 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (+2 PER CENT).

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS DROPPED IN 1985 WHEN COMPARED WITH 1984, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-25 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-25 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-25 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-18 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-11 PER CENT). NEVERTHELESS, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+14 PER CENT) AND FOOTWEAR (+3 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS Y END-USE CATEGORY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR 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 1985 AS COMPARED WITH 1984, RANGING FROM 4 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 7 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS. THE IMPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS REMAINED UNCHANGED OVER THIS PERIOD.

IMPORTS OF MANY MAJOR FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN 1935 COMPARED WITH 1984. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED FOR LIVE POULTRY; TEA AND COFFEE SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS: CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR; FRUIT AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SUGAR AND LIVE PIGS.

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