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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1987

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR JULY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN JULY 1987 COMPARED WITH JULY 1986.

CENT); CLOTHING (+8 PER CENT);

THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+11 PER (+8 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES TEXTILE FABRICS (+8 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+5 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+5 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+4 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+3 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+2 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WAS RECORDED IN WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-1 PER CENT).

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN JULY 1987 COMPARED WITH JULY 1986, INCLUDING METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+85 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+46 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+40 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+29 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+24 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+22 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+22 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+18 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+10 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+9 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+2 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-4 PER CENT).

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IMPORTS BY

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

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN JULY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1986, RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR BOTH FOODSTUFFS AND CONSUMER GOODS TO 24 PER CENT FOR FUELS, WHICH WAS PARTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE RELATIVELY LOW IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS IN JULY 1986.

IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMB IN JULY 1987 COMPARED WITH JULY 1986.

SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR; SOYA BEAN

OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD AS WELL AS RICE.

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES; LIVE POULTRY AS WELL AS VEGETABLES.

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