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FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1990

AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 4 PER CENT.

AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) ROSE BY 1 PER CENT.

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION PRICE INDEXES ARE AVAILABLE.

COMPARING THE MONTH OF DECEMBER 1989 WITH DECEMBER

1988,

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 8 PER CENT, WHILE THAT OF RE- EXPORTS SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.

TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, TOTAL EXPORTS DROPPED BY 4 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS. IMPORT VOLUME DECREASED BY 8 PER CENT,

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT AND 6 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. PRICES OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 3 PER CENT.

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

AS CAN BE SEEN FROM TABLE 1, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN 1989 COMPARED WITH 1988, INCLUDING RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-41 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-26 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-19 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND ARTICLES (-18 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR (-17 PER CENT) AND METAL MANUFACTURES (-12 PER CENT).

RELATED ARTICLES

NEVERTHELESS, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+22 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+11 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+9 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+6) PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (+4 PER CENT).

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

THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+10 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE- UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+6 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+5 PER CENT); GENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+3 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+3 PER TEXTILE FABRICS (+1 PER CENT); AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-3 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-1 PER CENT).

/THE CHANGES

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