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MONDAY, MAY 9, 1988

TWO MONTHS OF OF THE LUNAR NEW YEAR LAST YEAR, WHILE IN THIS

IN PARTICULAR, THE TRADE FIGURES FOR THE FIRST THE YEAR ARE USUALLY AFFECTED BY THE TIMING HOLIDAYS, WHICH OCCURRED IN LATE JANUARY YEAR THEY OCCURRED IN MID-FEBRUARY.

AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC THE CHANGES IN THE VALUË, UNIT VALUE

AS 1988 FEBRUARY

COMPARED WITH FOR EXPORTS BY

GROUP COMMODITY FEBRUARY 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST 1988 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN FEBRUARY 1987.

PER (+43

CENT); CENT);

CENT);

PER (+50

PER

SCRAP AND

(+75 PER

METAL THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES

CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS MANUFACTURES (+59 PER

COMPONENTS (+37

CENT): ELECTRONIC CLOTHING

SIMILAR ARTICLES FOOTWEAR (+37 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND

CENT); (+32 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+24 PER

CENT); AND TEXTILE FABRICS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+19 PER (+17 PER CENT).

IN RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-9 PER CENT); (-3 PER CENT).

RECORDED NEVERTHELESS, DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE

AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

GROUPS INCREASED

PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY IN FEBRUARY 1988 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987.

RELATED CLOTHING

ARTICLES PER (+5 CENT); TRAVEL

(+11 PER CENT); TEXTILE THESE INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP YARN AND THREAD (+8 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

PER CENT); (+7 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+6 CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+5 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+5 PER

PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+4

CENT); AND DOMESTIC KINDS (+4 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+2 PER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WAS

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-2 PER CENT).

RECORDED IN

IMPORTS

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987 SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

BY

ARE

TABLE

2,

IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS AS PRESENTED IN

COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 17 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1988

COFFEE: VEGETABLES; 1987. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN TEA AND AND RICE.

INCREASED

BY

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED AND FLOUR; AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.

/OVER THE

FOR WHEAT