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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 1988

THE DOMESTIC

EXPORT VOLUME OF

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN 1987 WHEN COMPARED WITH 1986.

(+43 PER

ORES AND SCRAP

YARN TEXTILE

AND CENT); ELECTRONIC AS WELL

METAL THE MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE IN (+54 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS

CENT); THREAD (+28 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+27 PER COMPONENTS (+20 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+18 PER CENT) AS CLOTHING (+17 PER CENT).

NEVERTHELESS, A DECREASE IN

WAS

RECORDED IN TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-1 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUMB

GROUPS INCREASED

PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY

OVER THE SAME PERIOD.

PER THESE INCLUDED CLOTHING (+7 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+6

GOODS, HANDBAGS CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+5 PER CENT); TRAVEL

METAL AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT);

ORES AND SCRAP (+4 PER

(+4 ALL KINDS

PER CENT): CENT); FOOTWEAR (+4 PER CENT); RADIOS OF

AND RELATED

PER TEXTILE MADE-UPS

ARTICLES (+4)

CENT); DOMESTIC CENT) ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+3 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+2 PER AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT FOR ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-2 PER CENT).

PRICES WAS REGISTERED

IMPORTS BY COMPARED WITH

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF END-USE CATEGORY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE OF 1987 A9 THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1986 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

WAS

INCREASED BY 12 AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS PER CENT IN VOLUME IN 1987 COMPARED WITH 1986. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH RECORDED IN SUGAR; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; FRUIT AS WELL AND MEAT PREPARATIONS.

AS MEAT

WERE REGISTERED FOR TRA

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME AND COFFEE AS WELL AS SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS OVER THE SAME PERIOD,

MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCREASED BY 36 PER CENT, THE ITEMS WITH

FOOTWEAR; RADIOS, TELEVISION BRING HOUSEHOLD ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES;

WELL AS SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS AS CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE IMPORT