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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES ROSE IN JANUARY 1987 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986, INCLUDING WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS + PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS AS WELL AS WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR SILK FABRICS CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ET., EXCEPT GLASS; AS WELL AS FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN JANUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986.
IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITIES INCREASED IN JANUARY 1987 OVER JANUARY 1986, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AS WELL AS TEXTILE MACHINERY. A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FÖR JANUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JANUARY 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1986, RANGING FROM 8 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 118 PER CENT FOR FUELS.
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TABLE 1: INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP
COMPARING JANUARY 1987
WITH JANUARY 1986
COMMODITY GROUP
VALUE
UNIT VALUE
VOLUME
%
$
%
CLOTHING
30
расте
7
21
TEXTILE FABRICS
75
3
70
TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD
22
4
18
TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND
RELATED ARTICLES
13
8
4
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