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MONDAY, MAY 9, 1988
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL
TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; AND TOBACCO
INCREASES INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; WATCHES; RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS,
GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS,
MANUFACTURES.
DECREASES IN
IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR
PHOTOGRAPHY.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY 11 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY 1988 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987.
THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CRUDE ANIMAL AND
FABRICS OF VEGETABLE MATERIALS;
WOOL AND MIXTURES; BASK METALS, EXCLUDING IRON AND STEEL; AND PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR COTTON YARN AND THREAD; MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND WOVEN COTTON FABRICS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 40 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987.
VOLUME
TERMS IN
11
WERE
INCREASED BY IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME
CENT PER
IN FEBRUARY 1988 OVER FEBRUARY
THERE 1987. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN OFFICE MACHINES; AND INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.
DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.
IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1987, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT GOODS TO 7 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME
1988 WHEN COMPARED CATEGORIES INCREASED IN FEBRUARY
1987. RANGING FROM 37 PBR CENT FOR RAW
SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 56 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS.
CENT.
FEBRUARY 1988 FOR CONSUMER
OF RE-EXPORTS
FEBRUARY 1987
OF
MOST END-USE WITH FEBRUARY AND MATERIALS
HOWEVER, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 35
PER
WITH FEBRUARY
PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN FEBRUARY 1988 WHEN COMPARED 1987.
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