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THURSDAY, AUGUST 6, 1987

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN MAY 1987 COMPARED WITH MAY 1986, INCLUDING METAL ORES AND SCRAP ( +66 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+65 PER CENT); CLOTHING

PER (+30 CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+29 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+25 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+21 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+20 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+16 PER CENT); RADIOS ALL KINDS (+10 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+7 PER CENT) AS

PER AS TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+7

WAS DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-8 PER CENT).

RECORDED

OF

WELL CENT). HOWEVER, A FOR TRAVEL GOODS,

IMPORTS BY IN

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

2

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN MAY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1986, RANGING FROM PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 8 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.

MAJOR

MANY OF THE

IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED IN VOLUME

WITH MAY TERMS IN MAY 1987 COMPARED

1986. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS

AS RECORDED IN SUGAR: FRUIT

WELL AS FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS. IMPORT VOLUME WERE HOWEVER, DECREASES IN

REGISTERED FOR TEA AND COFFEE RICE AS WELL AS WHEAT AND FLOUR.

FOOTWEAR;

GOODS

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST CONSUMER INCREASED, THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY;

MISCELLANEOUS WELL AS RADIOS, TELEVISON MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AS SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS. HOWEVER, DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.

A

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MOST RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES

MAJOR 1986. THE ROSE IN MAY 1987 COMPARED WITH MAY

INCREASES WERE

IN RECORDED

WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; CRUDE

VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL

MATERIALS; RAW

PLASTIC COTTON;

MOULDING MATERIALS; LEATHER MAN-MADE FIBRES. DECREASES IN DRESSED FUR SKINS AS WELL AS

AS WELL WERE NOTED FOR IRON AND STEEL

AS COTTON VOLUME THREAD.

YARN

AND IMPORT AND

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 8 PER CENT MAY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1986.

GOODS CAPITAL

IN

TERMS VOLUME

IN

THE CATEGORY,

IMPORT VOLUME OF IN THE

ALL WITH MAY 1986, THE COMMODITIES INCREASED IN MAY 1987 WHEN COMPARED SUBSTANTIAL ONES BEING TRANSPORT

TEXTILE MACHINERY; EQUIPMENT;

AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND APPARATUS; CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

OF

ARE

RE-EXPORTS SHOWN

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1986 IN TABLE 3.

/AS DEPICTED