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MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1987

OVER THE SAME PERIOD,

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 35 PER CENT. THE COMMODITIES WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS;

AS WELL AS ALCOHOLIC

BEVERAGES.

FOOTWEAR

ROSE

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 31 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER 1987 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT GLASS, YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES, CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS AS WELL AS MAN-MADE FIBRES. A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN SEPTEMBER 1987 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986.

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FOR THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 65 PER CENT IN SEPTEMBER 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986. THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY, TEXTILE MACHINERY AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR SEPTEMBER 1987 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

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OF THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME

MOST AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3

COMPARED WITH CATEGORIES INCREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1987 WHEN

ΤΟ FOODSTUFFS

61 PER 1986, RANGING FROM 11 PER CENT FOR

OF FUELS CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY 24 PER CENT.

END-USE SEPTEMBER CENT FOR DECREASED

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