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MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 1986

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN MAY 1986 COMPARED WITH MAY 1985, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+40 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+31 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+28 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+21 PER CENT) FOOTWEAR (+21 PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+21 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+14 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+10 PER CENT) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+6 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-29 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-14 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-4 PER CENT).

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

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF SOME END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN MAY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1985, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 17 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 36 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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

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

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MANY CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED. THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WATCHES: CLOTHING AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AS WELL AS CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE IN MAY 1986 COMPARED WITH MAY 1985. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN COTTON YARN AND THREAD; WOVEN COTTON FABRICS DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES AS WELL AS SILK FABRICS.

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