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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1986

EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF COMPARISON TO THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JULY 1986 WITH THE 12 MONTHS ENDING JULY 1985, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT, THUS GIVING AN INCREASE OF 5 PER CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS REMAINED UNCHANGED. IMPORT PRICES ROSE BY 1 PER CENT.

(THREE STATISTICAL TABLES WILL BE SENT BY FACSIMILE NETWORK AND ALSO BOXED FOR COLLECTION.)

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR JULY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1935 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF SOME

THE SE COMMODITY GROUPS FELL IN JULY 1986 COMPARED WITH JULY 1985. INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-10 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-9 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-4 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-4 PER CENT) TEXTILE FABRICS (-2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METAL MANUFACTURES (-2 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+12 PER CENT) TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+7 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+2 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+2 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+1 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (+1 PER CENT).

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN JULY 1986 COMPARED WITH JULY 1985, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+63 PER CENT) FOOTWEAR (+29 PER CENT) METAL MANUFACTURES (+24 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+24 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+21 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+20 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCK (+18 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+17 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+14 PER CENT); AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-26 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-1 PER CENT).

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

AS SHOWN IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN JULY 1986 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1985, RANGING FROM 4 PER CENT FOR RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 19 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DROPPED BY 42 PER CENT WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS REMAINED UNCHANGEJ.

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