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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1989

IN

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-45 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-21 PER CENT); AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-13 CENT).

IN

PER

INCREASED METAL PER

INCLUDED

PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS

1988 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987. THESE NOVEMBER MANUFACTURES (+12 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+6 CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES 16 PER CENT); WATCHES AND FOOTWEAR CLOCKS (+4 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+2 PER CENT): AND (+1 PER CENT).

AND

IN HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED

PER CENT): ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-3 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-3 AND CLOTHING (-1 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF METAL ORES SCRAP: TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD: AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES REMAINED UNCHANGED.

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

AS

BY

ARE

BY 14

AND

PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1988 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987.

IN

VOLUME THE IMPORT

OF TEA SIGNIFICANT GROWTH WAS RECORDED COFFEE; FRUIT;

AND RICE;

FISH AND

HOWEVER, FISH PREPARATIONS.

AND FLOUR: AND DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE REGISTERED FOR WHEAT

SUGAR.

VOLUME OF

DURING THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISION, THE IMPORT CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 44 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE

INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES

CARS; TOBACCO TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES,

TAPE RECORDS, MANUFACTURES: RADIOS, RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; AND FOOTWEAR.

HOWEVER,

A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS REGISTERED FOR CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 35 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1988 COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987.

ROSE

AND OTHER

TUBES.

ANIMAL

DIODES,

FABRICS

THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN WOOL HAIR: IRON AND STEEL; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; AND SPECIAL TEXTILE FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSES.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR RAW COTTON; AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME NOVEMBER 1988 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1987.

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TERMS IN

INCREASED

THERE

BY WERE

MACHINERY;

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY. THE IMPORT VOLUME PER CENT

NOVEMBER

1987. IN

NOVEMBER 1988 OVER SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION OFFICE MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

/COMPARING NOVEMBER