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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 1989

BY

SHOWN

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

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

WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT INCREASES AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN CEREALS

OIL AND PEANUT

LARD; SOYA

SUGAR; FLOUR;

SIGNIFICANT

PREPARATIONS.

OVER

BEAN

OIL,

THE

BY 19

RICE, AND MEAT

VOLUME OF WHEAT AND AND MEAT

OF TEA

OF

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME AND COFFEE; WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND LIVE POULTRY.

VOLUME IMPORT SAME THE

PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 31 PER CENT. THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; RADIOS, SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED

AMPLIFIERS; TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND

AND FOOTWEAR.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 20 PER CENT IN MARCH 1989 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.

ROSE

MAN- AND SPECIAL

THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MADE FIBRES; SILK FABRICS; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR CLAY AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS, ETC., EXCEPT PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 59 PER CENT IN VOLUME MARCH 1989 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.

REFRACTORY

GLASS; AND

TERMS IN

BY

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED

THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL 24 PER CENT IN MARCH 1989 OVER MARCH 1988. INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.

COMPARING MARCH 1989 WITH MARCH 1988, IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END- CONSUMER GOODS USE CATEGORIES INCREASED. IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT AND 5 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES AND FOODSTUFFS BOTH INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT. IMPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH 1989 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH SHOWN IN TABLE 3

RE-EXPORTS 1988 ARE

ALL END-USE WITH THE MATERIALS AND

AS DEPIC TEJ IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF CATEGORIES INCREASEU IN MARCH 1989 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988, PERCENTAGE INCREASES RANGING FROM 19 PER CENT FOR RAW SEMI-MANUFACTURES TO 50 PER CENT FOR CONSUMER GOODS.

PRICES OF

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

AND RE-EXPORTS OF RAW MATERIALS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT IN MARCH 1989 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1988.

/RE-EXPORT PRICES