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FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1987

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE IN FEBRUARY 1987 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1986, INCLUDING COTTON YARN AND THREAD WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS- THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS YARN AND WOOL AND MIXTURES AS WELL AS PAPER AND PAPERBOARD. DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES AS WELL AS SILK FABRICS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1986.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITIES INCREASED IN FEBRUARY 1987 OVER FEBRUARY 1986, THE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING OFFICE MACHINES TEXTILE MACHINERY ́AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL 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 FOR FEBRUARY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN FEBRUARY 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1986, RANGING FROM 13 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 236 PER CENT FOR FUELS.

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