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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1988

GROUPS INCREASED

INCLUDED

METAL PER

PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY 1987. THESE IN JULY

WITH JULY 1988 COMPARED

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+4 MANUFACTURES (+4 PER CENT); DOMESTIC

AND CLOCKS (+3 PER CENT); CENT); FOOTWEAR (+4 PER CENT); WATCHES

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+2 ARTICLES (+2 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE

KINDS

ELECTRONIC RADIOS

ALL

PER CENT}} OF

(-1

THREAD (-1 PER CENT); (-1 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-1 PER CENT). PRICES FABRICS REMAINED UNCHANGED.

RECORDED

IN

COMPONENTS AND TRAVEL TEXTILE

OF

IMPORTS BY 1987 ARE SHOWN

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

INCREASED BY 17 WITH JULY 1987.

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

OVER THE SAME PERIOD,

VOLUME OF

AND FLOUR: AND

CONSUMER GOODS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL FOOTWEAR; AND PASSENGER RECORDED IN ALCOHOLIC

THE IMPORT

MANUFACTURES;

WAS VOLUME

INCREASED BY 33 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS INCREASES INCLUDED TOBACCO MOTOR CARS. A DECREASE IN IMPORT BEVERAGES.

SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE

WITH

JULY 1987.

THE

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND

COMPARED

1988

JULY

MAJOR BY 25 PER CENT IN INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; IRON AND STEEL; AND SILK FABRICS.

WERE NOTED FOR MAN-MADE FIBRES; DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME COTTON YARN AND THREAD; AND WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 45 PER CENT IN JULY 1988 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1987.

VOLUME TERMS IN

/IN THE

E