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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1988

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION PRICE INDEXES ARR AVAILABLE.

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COMPARING THE MONTH OF AUGUST 1988 WITH AUGUST 1987, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10 PER CENT AND 53 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. HENCE, TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, TOTAL EXPORTS GREW BY 30 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS. IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 32 PER CENT.

DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. PRICES OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT.

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

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN AUGUST 1988 COMPARED WITH AUGUST

1987.

THESE INCLUDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+53 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+31 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+19 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+15 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+11 PER CENT); AND FOOTWEAR (+4 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-35 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-10 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-9 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-8 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-3 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (-1 PER CENT),

PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN AUGUST 1988 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987.

THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+5 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+4 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+4 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+3 PER CENT); AND FOOTWEAR (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

(-5 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-4 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (~2 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-1 PER CENT). PRICES OF CLOTHING AND TEXTILE FABRICS REMAINED UNCHANGED.

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

/AS PRESENTED