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MONDAY, APRIL 9, 1990

CENT

WITH

AS PRESENTED IN TABLE 2, IMPORTED FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 7 PER JANUARY 1989. IN VOLUME TERMS IN JANUARY 1990 COMPARED

VOLUME OF WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT SIGNIFICANT

RICE; DECREASES

SPECIES. SUGAR; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE

MEAT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FRUIT; MEAT AND PREPARATIONS; AND TEA AND COFFEE.

OVER

THE

SAME

RECORDED FOR

VOLUME OF IMPORT PERIOD OF COMPARISON,

MORE CONSUMER GOODS

ITEMS WITH INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT. COMMODITY SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES

MADE-UP INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES. DECREASES

WERE IMPORT

MOTOR VOLUME BEVERAGES AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.

THE

IN

PASSENGER

CARS;

ALCOHOLIC

1989.

AND

IMPORT THE

VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 13 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1990 COMPARED WITH JANUARY THE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; IRON AND STEEL AND OTHER BASE METALS. INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOD, AND CORK;

MATERIALS, CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, ETC. EXCEPT GLASS; FABRICS OF MAN-MADE

1 COTTON.

LUMBER BUILDING FIBRES AND RAW

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 34 PER CENT IN VOLUME JANUARY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1989.

TERMS

IN

BY

IN THE CAPITAL GOODS CATEGORY, THE IMPORT VOLUME DECREASED 11 PER CENT IN JANUARY 1990 OVER JANUARY 1989. THERE WERE DECREASES IN THAN TEXTILE AND THE

OF INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY OTHER IMPORT VOLUME ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND OFFICE MACHINES.

COMPARING JANUARY 1990 WITH JANUARY 1989, IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+19 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+6 PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS (+4 PER CENT) AND CAPITAL GOODS (+2 PER CENT). LITTLE THE IMPORT PRICE OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED CHANGE.

RE-EXPORTS THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

GOODS AS DEPICTED IN TABLE 3, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER

RESPECTIVELY IN AND FUELS INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT AND 16 PER CENT

HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT JANUARY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1989. VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS, RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND CAPITAL

CENT, 18 PER CENT GOODS

DECREASED

RESPECTIVELY.

BY

23 PER

AND 9

PER

CENT

(+4

(+22 PER

INCREASED IN

PER CENT); CENT); RAW PER

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES JANUARY

WITH JANUARY 1989: FUELS 1990 COMPARED CONSUMER GOODS (+7 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+4 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (+3 CENT).

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