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TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1988

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN MARCH 1988 COMPARED WITH. MARCH 1987, INCLUDING RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-43 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-35 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-29 PER CENT); CLOTHING (-29 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-20 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-10 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-8 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-7 PER CENT).

NEVERTHELESS, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERF RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+44 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+39 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+13 PER CENT); AND METAL MANUFACTURES (+3 PER CENT).

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

GROUPS INCREASED

THESE INcluded METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+8 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+8 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+5 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+5 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+5 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+4 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+4 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+4 PER CENT}; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+3 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+3 PER CENT); AND

DECREASE DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+1 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WAS RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS CENT).

IN

(-2 PER

BY

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

AS PRESENTED IN

TABLE

2

IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN MARCH 1988 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1987.

SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN WHEAT AND FLOUR: FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; VEGETABLES; AND TEA AND COFFEE.

DECREASES HOWEVER,

AND

IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR; SOYA BEAN DIL, PRANUT OIL AND LARD.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; WATCHES; AND HOUSEHOLD TYPR

WAS ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME

RECORDED IN CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE IMPORT