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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1986

EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF COMPARISON TO THE 12 MONTHS ENDING AUGUST 1986 WITH THE 12 MONTHS ENDING AUGUST 1985, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT, THUS GIVING AN INCREASE OF 6 PER CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS.

THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DROPPED BY 1 PER CENT WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT. IMPORT PRICES ROSE BY 2 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR AUGUST 1986 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1 WHICH HAS BEEN SENT TOGETHER WITH TWO OTHER TABLES BY FACSIMILE NETWORK AND ALSO BOXED FOR COLLECTION.

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF SOME COMMODITY GROUPS FELL IN AUGUST 1986 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1985. THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-9 PER CENT) RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-8 PER CENT) ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-4 PER CENT) METAL MANUFACTURES (-3 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-3 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-2 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+11 PER CENT) TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+7 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CLOTHING (+3 PER CENT). THE PRICES OF TEXTILE FABRICS AND FOOTWEAR REMAINED UNCHANGED.

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN AUGUST 1986 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1985, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+57 PER CENT) DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+37 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+26 PER CENT) METAL MANUFACTURES (+22 PER CENT) CLOTHING (+22 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+12 PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+11 PER CENT) AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (+8 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR METAL ORÈS AND SCRAP (-33 PER CENT) ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-7 PER CENT) TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-6 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 BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR AUGUST 1986 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

AS SHOWN IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN AUGUST 1986 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1985, RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 20 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DROPPED BY 44 PER CENT.

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