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MONDAY, APRIL 10, 1989

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP FOR JANUARY 1989 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MANY .COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN JANUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988, INCLUDING RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-45 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-30 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-16 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES

(-15 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-5 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-3 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (-1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, THESE DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE MORE THAN OFFSET BY INCREASES RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+51 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+38 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+17 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+10 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE FABRICS (+8 PER CENT).

PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN JANUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988.

THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+11 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+8 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+4 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+2 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+1 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+1 PER CENT); AND RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-3 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE FABRICS (-3 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF CLOTHING; TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD; AND FOOTWEAR REMAINED UNCHANGED.

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THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1989 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN JANUARY 1989 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1988.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE, CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; AND VEGETABLES. HOWEVER, WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND TEA AND COFFEE.

DECREASES

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISION, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 26 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; FOOTWEAR; AND HOUSEHOLD TAPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

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

THE IMPORT