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SATURDAY, JUNE 6, 1987

THE DOMESTIC

EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL MAJOR COMMODITY GROUPS 1986, INCLUDING TEXTILE FABRICS (+81

CENT);

INCREASED IN MARCH 1987 COMPARED WITH MARCH

YARN AND THREAD (+82

METAL ORES

PER

CENT);

TEXTILE

PER

RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+52 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+51 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED AND SCRAP (+43 PER CENT);

CLOTHING (+26 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS,

PER (+22

ELECTRICAL CENT); DOMESTIC WATCHES AND

PER CLOCKS (+15

CENT); AS WELL AS FOOTWEAR (+4 PER

CENT);

ARTICLES (+34 PER CENT); HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES APPLIANCES (+20 PER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+5 PER CENT); CENT).

IMPORTS BY

SHOWN

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH 1987 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1986 ARE IN TABLE 2.

IN

TABLE

2.

IMPORT PRICES

OF MOST AS PRESENTED

END-USE WITH MARCH 1986, RANGING CATEGORIES ROSE IN MARCH 1987 AS COMPARED

FOR CAPITAL GOODS. ON FROM 1 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 8 PER CENT THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUEL DECREASED BY 15 PER CENT.

IN VOLUME GROWTH WAS

IMPORTS OF MANY MAJOR IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED TERMS IN MARCH 1987 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1986. SIGNIFICANT

AND FISH RECORDED IN, FRUIT; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; FISH

HOWEVER, DECREASED IN IMPORT PREPARATIONS AS WELL AS LIVE POULTRY. VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE AS WELL AS VEGETABLES.

CAMERAS,

CONSUMER GOODS FLASHLIGHT TELEVISION SETS, AMPLIFIERS; FOOTWEAR;

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ALL

THE

SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING MORE SUPPLIES FOR

RADIOS, PHOTOGRAPHY; RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS

INCREASED, APPARATUS AND GRAMOPHONES,

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES AS WELL AS CLOTHING.

AND

AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS

1986, INCLUDING RAW COTTON; ROSE IN MARCH 1987 COMPARED WITH MARCH

CORK; COTTON YARN AND WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; WOOD, LUMBER AND

AND THREAD; WOVEN COTTON FABRICS; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; LEATHER

CATHODE VALVES AND DRESSED FUR

TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; MAN-MADE FIBRES AS CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS, A DECREASE WAS NOTED FOR FABRICS WOOL AND MIXTURES.

THERMIONIC SKINS;

WELL AS

OF

/IMPORTE OF