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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1988

COMPARING THE MONTH OF MAY 1988 WITH MAY 1987, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT AND 41 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HENCE, TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, TOTAL EXPORTS GREW BY 20 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS. IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. PRICES OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT.

CARE SHOULD BE TAKEN IN INTERPRETING THE CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF BILATERAL TRADE IN ANY SINGLE MONTH, AS THE RESPECTIVE GROWTH RATES FOR INDIVIDUAL MONTHS MAY

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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR MAY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN MAY 1988 COMPARED INCLUDING RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-26 PER CENT); AND RELATED ARTICLES (-21 PER CENT); CLOTHING FOOTWEAR (-11 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND (-10 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-6 PER CENT); AND THREAD (-1 PER CENT).

WITH MAY 1987, TEXTILE MADE-UPS (-15 PER CENT); SIMILAR ARTICLES TEXTILE YARN AND

HOWEVER, THESE DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE MORE THAN OFFSET BY INCREASES RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+22 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+22 PER CENT); DOMESTIC APPLIANCES (+14 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+12 PER METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+6 PER CENT).

ELECTRICAL CENT) AND

PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN MAY 1988 COMPARED WITH MAY 1987. THESE INCLUDED TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+5 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+4 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+3 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS ( (+3 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+3 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+3 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE FABRICS (+3 PER CENT).

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

INCREASED BY 23

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN MAY 1988 COMPARED WITH MAY 1987. SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN SUGAR; TEA AND COFFEE; VEGETABLES; AND FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS. HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND LIVE POULTRY.

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