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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1987

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1987 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986. THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+13 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+8 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+8 PER CENT): RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+7 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+5 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5 PER CENT): TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+3 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+3 PER CENT) AS WELL AS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+2 PER CENT).

IN

RECORDED HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WAS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-2 PER CENT). THE PRICES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS REMAINED ALMOST UNCHANGED.

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1987 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986, INCLUDING METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+72 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+52 PER CENT); MANUFACTURES (+38 PER CENT); TEXTILE

(+32 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+25 PER (+25 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+21 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+16 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILE AND THREAD (+16 PER CENT).

MADE-UPS

AND

RELATED

CENT);

FOOTWEAR

AND WATCHES

PER (+18

METAL ARTICLES CLOCKS CENT);

YARN

RECORDED

IN

WELL

AS

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-9 PER CENT) AS RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-6 PER CENT).

IMPORTS BY

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

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE

IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER CATEGORIES ROSE IN SEPTEMBER 1987 AS

1986,

ΤΟ RANGING FROM 2 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS

28 PER CENT FOR FUELS,

PRICES OF WHICH WAS PARTLY ATTRIBUTABLE TO THE RELATIVELY LOW IMPORT FUELS IN SEPTEMBER 1986.

VOLUME IN

TERMS IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT

SEPTEMBER 1986. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH AS WELL AS RICE.

IN SEPTEMBER 1987 COMPARED WITH WAS RECORDED IN SUGAR: FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS REGISTERED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD.

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