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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1987

OVER THE SAME PERIOD,

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT. THE COMMODITIES WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDE HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; FOOTWEAR;

TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; RADIO, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS,

TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS AS WELL AS PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.

SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE JULY 1986. THE MAJOR ANIMAL HAIR; MAN-MADE POR INDUSTRIAL

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND BY 32 PER CENT IN JULY 1987 COMPARED WITH INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN WOOL AND OTHER FIBRES; RAW COTTON AS WELL AS SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS PURPOSE.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN JULY 1987 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1986,

FOR THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED 57 PER CENT IN JULY 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1986.

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THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN TRANSPORT TEXTILE MACHINERY AS WELL AS OFFICE MACHINES.

EQUIPMENT,

A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.

RE-EXPORTS JULY 1986 ARE

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

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JULY 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH JULY 1986, RANGING FROM 23 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 62 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 13 PER CENT.

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