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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1989

1989 WITH THOSE IN SOME 1NCREASES: FUELS GOODS (+4 PER MATERIALS AND

COMPARING THE IMPORT PRICES IN SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER 1988, ALL END-USE CATEGORIES SHOWED

+15 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+6 PER CENT); CAPITAL

PER (+3 CENT);

CENT) AND RAW FOODSTUFFS

SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+1 PER CENT).

OF RE-EXPORTS WITH SEPTEMBER 1988

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR SEPTEMBER 1989 COMPARED ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

PER

TABLE 3, IN AS DEPICTED

VOLUME RE-EXPORT THE

OF FUELS GOODS ALSO INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 126 PER CENT, THAT OF CONSUMER

THE

OF INCREASED BY 31

HOWEVER, CENT.

VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES AND

GOODS CAPITAL FOODSTUFFS, RAW MATERIALS DECREASED, BY 15 PER CENT, 11 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

IN

END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED

FUELS (+14 PER CENT); CENT); CONSUMER GOODS CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (+4 PER

PER (+6

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL SEPTEMBER 1989 COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1988: RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+6 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+5 PER CENT).

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MISSION INDEXES

TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING SEP 1989

WITH SEP 1988

COMPARINO JAN-SEP 1989

WITH JAN-SEP 1988

UNIT

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUR

VALUE

VOLUME

%

%

X

VALUE %

UNIT VALUE

VOLUME

CLOTHING

2

8

2

5

TEXTILE FABRICS

15

2

13

11

11

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

11

5

5

12

2

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

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