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PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN APRIL 1989 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988. THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+12 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+7 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+6 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+6 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+3 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+2 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+1 PER CENT),

HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICE WAS RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-9 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF TEXTILE FABRICS; RADIOS OF ALL KINDS; FOOTWEAR; AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS REMAINED UNCHANGED.

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

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AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 4 CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN APRIL 1989 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR

SUGAR; AND SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; AND VEGETABLES.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT, THE COMMODITY ITEMS WITH MORE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; WATCHES; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY 11 PER CENT IN APRIL 1989 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988. THE MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON; LEATHER AND DRESSED FUR SKINS; AND SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE.

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DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR BASE IRON AND STEEL; SILK FABRICS; AND CRUDE ANIMAL

MATERIALS.

METALS, OTHER AND VEGETABLE

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 19 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN APRIL 1989 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1988.

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY. 16 PER CENT IN APRIL 1989 OVER APRIL 1988. THERE WERE SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; OFFICE MACHINES; AND ELECTRICAL MAHINERY.

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS ; AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.

/COMPARING APRIL