XN000022-1987-02-10 — Page 7

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1987

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COMPARING NOVEMBER 1986 WITH NOVEMBER 1985, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 23 PER CENT AND 37 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HENCE, TOTAL EXPORTS GREW BY 29 PER CENT IN VOLUME. IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 5 PER CENT WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT. IMPORT PRICES ROSE BY 5 PER CENT.

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION PRICE INDEXES ARE COMPILED. THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM TRADE VALUES BY DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

EXTENDING THE PERIOD OF COMPARISON TO THE 12 MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 1986 WITH THE 12 MONTHS ENDING NOVEMBER 1985, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT WHILE THAT OF RE- EXPORTS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT, THEREBY GIVING AN INCREASE OF 14 PER CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS.

THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT. OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT. IMPORT PRICES ROSE BY 4 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR NOVEMBER 1986 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1985 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1. DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS SHOWN THEREIN INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1986 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1985. THESE INCLUDED TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+8 PER CENT) TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+7 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+6 PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+5 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+4 PER CENT) TEXTILE FABRICS +4 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+2 PER CENT).

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE, HOWEVER, RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-5 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-3 PER CENT) AS WELL AS METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-2 PER CENT). PRICES OF FOOTWEAR REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED.

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1986 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1985, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+65 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+59 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+51 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+33 PER CENT) METAL MANUFACTURES (+28 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+24 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+23 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+19 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+12 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+10 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HAND BAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+9 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-18 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES