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MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1988

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; FOOTWEAR; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY 20 PER CENT IN MAY 1988 COMPARED WITH MAY 1987. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN SILK FABRICS; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; BASE METALS OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL; AND THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR RAW COTTON; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND WOVEN COTTON FABRICS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN MAY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1987.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT INMAY 1988 OVER MAY 1987. THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES, IN OFFCE MACHINES; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.

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IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN MAY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1987, RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS 6 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. PRICES OF IMPORTS OF FUELS REMAINED UNCHANGED.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MAY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1987 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN MAY 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1987, RANGING FROM 35 PER CENT FROM CONSUMER GOODS TO 60 PER CENT FOR FURLS.

PRICES OF RR-EXPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN MAY 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH MAY 1987. THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT. RE-EXPORT PRICES OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 3 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 7 PER CENT.

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