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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1987

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS SHOWN THERE IN INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1986 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1985. THESE INCLUDED WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+10 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+9 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT) CLOTHING (+6 PER CENT): TEXTILE FABRICS (+1 PER CENT) FOOTWEAR (+1 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METAL MANUFACTURĖS (+1 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-8 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-4 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-3 PER CENT), PRICES OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD AS WELL AS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES REMAINED UNCHANGED.

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1986 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1985, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+65 PER CENT) RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+59 PER CENT) DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+57 PER CENT) ¦ METAL MANUFACTURES. (+38 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+34 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+30 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+27 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+21 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+14 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+11 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+5 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-9 PER CENT).

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

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN OCTOBER 1986 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1985. RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 17 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DROPPED BY 39 PER CENT,

MANY OF THE MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME IN OCTOBER 1986 COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1985. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS: SUGAR AS WELL AS VEGETABLES. HOWEVER, NOTABLE DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE: MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.

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