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AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN AUGUST 1988 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987.

SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED IN TEA AND COFFEE; AND WHEAT AND FLOUR, HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 35 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS. IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED IN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

A DECREASE IN

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES

BY 30 PER CENT IN AUGUST 1988 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987.

ROSE

THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN SILK FABRICS; BASE METALS OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; AND THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL

MICROCIRCUITS.

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

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 29 PER CENT IN AUGUST 1988 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987.

VOLUME TERMS IN

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 42 PER CENT IN AUGUST 1988 OVER AUGUST 1987. THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; OFFICE MACHINES; AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES ROSE IN AUGUST 1988 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987, WITH THE PERCENTAGE INCREASES RANGING FROM 3 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS то 5 PER CENT FOR CAPITAL GOODS. HOWEVER, PRICES OF IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 7 PER CENT.

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

AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3 THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN AUGUST 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987, WITH THE PERCENTAGE INCREASE RANGING FROM 38 PER CENT FOR FOODSTUFFS TO 173 PER CENT FOR FUELS.

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN AUGUST 1988 WHEN COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1987. RE-EXPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT. PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT, WHILE THOSE OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS DROPPED BY 18 PER CENT.

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