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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1987

SEPTEMBER PRICE, VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE

STATISTICS

TODAY RELEASED

(MONDAY) BY THE

OF PER CENT

CENSUS AND DOMESTIC EXPORTS RESPECTIVELY IN THE SAME PERIOD THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AS COMPARED WITH

THE LAST YEAR. HENCE, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 36 PER CENT IN

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

STATISTICS DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT THE VOLUME AND RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 26 PER CENT AND 49

ON THE

SAME BASIS OF

COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT AND 2 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, PER CENT. PRICES SO THAT THE PRICES OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 3 OF IMPORTS, ON THE OTHER HAND, ROSE HY 4 PER CENT.

OF

AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO

PRICE INDEX) DROPPED BY THE TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT 1 PER CENT.

SEPTEMBER LAST YEAR, THE BY 24 PER CENT EXPORTS GREW BY 33 PER

COMPARING SEPTEMBER THIS YEAR WITH VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED AND 44 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HENCE, TOTAL

CENT IN VOLUME TERMS. IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 35 PER CENT.

ON THE

SAME

BASIS

OF

COMPARISON,

THE

PRICES

OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT; RE-EXPORT PRICES ROSE BY 3 PER CENT WHILE IMPORT PRICES ROSE BY 4 PER CENT.

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

DERIVED IS

VALUES TRADE

BY COMPILED. THE VOLUME DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES,

OF TRADE

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE

FOR GROUP

SEPTEMBER COMMODITY EXPORTS BY SEPTEMBER 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

FROM

AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC 1987 AS COMPARED WITH

/AS CAN