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SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1986

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN APRIL 1986 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1985, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+41 PER CENT) TEXTILE FABRICS (+41 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+29 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+25 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+25 PER CENT) CLOTHING (+23 PER CENT) TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+20 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+9 PER CENT) DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-51 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-16 PER CENT).

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

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN APRIL 1986 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1985, RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 14 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 32 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME TERMS IN APRIL 1986 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1985. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN VEGETABLEST LIVE POULTRY FRUIT: TEA AND COFFEE; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS.

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR RICE; CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS; WHEAT AND FLOUR 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 WATCHES; CLOTHING: MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR.

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES: RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES AS WELL AS PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE IN APRIL 1986 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1985. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN COTTON YARN AND THREAD CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS; WATCH AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS; DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS; RAW COTTON YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS; YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES AS WELL AS IRON AND STEEL.

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