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MONDAY, MAY 5, 1986

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR FEBRUARY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS FELL IN FEBRUARY 1986 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1985. THESE INCLUDED RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-9 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-8 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-5 PER CENT) METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-5 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-3 PER CENT) TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-3 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (-3 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+10 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+8 PER CENT).

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN FEBRUARY 1986 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1985, INCLUDING METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-37 PER CENT) TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-36 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-28 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-26 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-24 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-19 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (-15 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (-4 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (+17 PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+6 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+4 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES DECREASED IN FEBRUARY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1985, RANGING FROM ONE PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES TO 11 PER CENT FOR FUELS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS ROSE BY 13 PER CENT AND SIX PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1986 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1985. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN TEA AND COFFEE; LIVE POULTRY; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS SUGAR VEGETABLES; MILK, BUTTER CHEESE AND EGGS- RICE AS WELL AS WHEAT AND FLOUR.

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR: FRUIT SWINE; ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES AS WELL AS MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS.

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