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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1987

PRICE, VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN AUGUST

PER

CANSEN

AND EXPORTS

STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE

DOMESTIC OF STATISTICS DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT THE VOLUME

PER AND RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 27 PER CENT AND 49

CENT RESPECTIVELY IN THE FIRST RIGHT MONTHS OF 1987 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST OF 36 PER CENT IN THE YEAR. HENCE, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE

CENT IN VOLUME VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 34

SAME BASIS OF TERMS. ON THE

THE

DOMESTIC PRICES OF EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE

CENT AND TWO PER CENT

BY THREF RESPECTIVELY, SO THAT THE PRICES OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED PER CENT. PRICES OF IMPORTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, ROSE BY FOUR PER CENT. A RATIO OF THE AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS

INDEX} DROPPED BY ONE TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE PER CENT.

COMPARISON,

BY THREE PER

COMPARING AUGUST 1987 WITH AUGUST 1986, THE VOLUME OF

22 PER CENT AND 49 EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY

BY 33 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HENCE, TOTAL EXPORTS GREW TERMS. IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT, ON THE COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE RE-EXPORTS PRICES ROSE BY TWO PER CENT WHILE THREE PER CENT.

DOMESTIC PER CENT

IN VOLUME SAME BASIS OF BY TUREE PER CENT; IMPORT PRICES ROSE BY

ACCOUNT PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO

OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY

PRICE INDEXES ARE SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION

18 DERIVED FROM TRADE

BY VOLUME OF TRADE

VALUES COMPILED. THE DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR AUGUST 1987 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST

PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1,

WITH AUGUST MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN AUGUST 1987 COMPARED

YARN 1986. THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+9 PER CENT); TEXTILE

PER (+7

CENT); TEXTILE AND THREAD (+7 PER CENT); CLOTHING

FABRICS SIMILAR ARTICLES (+6 PER (+7 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND

PER

(+5 CENT); FOOTWEAR

PER CENT); CENT); RADIOS OF ALI, KINDS (+6

PER

METAL CENT); (+4

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES EXPORT PRICES WAS

THE

OF PRICES

RELATED

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

ARTICLES MANUFACTURES (+3 PER CENT) AS WELL AS DOMESTIC

DECREASE IN DOMESTIⱭ (+2 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A

WATCHES AND

PER RECORDED IN

(-1 CLOCKS ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED.

-

CENT).

GROUPS INCREASED

INCLUDING METAL ORES AND CENT): TEXTILE YARN

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY IN AUGUST 1987 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1986, SCRAP (+112 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+33 PER

COMPONENTS ELECTRONIC CENT); AND THREAD (+29 PER

PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+24

CLOTHING (+21

AND WATCHES CENT); MANUFACTURES (+20 PER

(+4 RELATED ARTICLES TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

PER

CLOCKS

PER

(ENT);

METAL

CENT);

WELL

AS

AND

(+28 PER CENT);

PER (+18

AS CENT) HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IN TRAVEL GOODS, HANDAGS

DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+1 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERK RECORDED SIMILAR ARTICLES (-1 PER CENT) AS WELL AS RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-1 CENT).

PER

/THE CHANGES