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SUNDAY, JUNE 10, 1990

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC

EXPORTS

COMMODITY OF

GROUPS

MOST 1989. THESE INCLUDED INCREASED IN MARCH 1990 COMPARED WITH MARCH

PER CENT); METAL TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5

CENT); TEXTILE MANUFACTURES (+5

PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+4 PER

PER YARN AND THREAD (+4 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+3 CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+2 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+2 PER CENT); (+1 TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+1 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING PER CENT).

HOWEVER,

IN

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-7 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-2 PER CENT); AND RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-1 PER CENT).

BY

SHOWN

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH 1990 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989 ARE IN TABLE 2.

TERMS

IN

WERE

IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME IN

MARCH 1990 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989. DECREASES WERE RECORDED

VEGETABLES. INCREASES THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE; SUGAR; AND RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CENT. COMMODITY ITEMS WITH

RADIOS, AMPLIFIERS;

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 11 PER

IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; CONSIDERABLE INCREASES TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND

AND CLOTHING.

DECREASES IN

IMPORT VOLUME

WERE RECORDED

CAMERAS, FOR PASSENGER MOTOR

FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; CARS; AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

THE

IMPORT VOLUME

OF

RAW MATERIALS

AND

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

DECREASED BY 5 PER CENT IN MARCH 1990 COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989. MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL AND ANIMAL HAIR; MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND COTTON YARN AND THREAD.

THE OTHER

MAN-MADE

AND

INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR FABRICS OF FIBRES; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; AND DYEING, TANNING AND COLOURING MATERIALS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 29 PER CENT IN VOLUME MARCH 1990 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1989.

TERMS IN

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 20 PER VOLUME INCREASES IN THE IMPORT CENT IN MARCH 1990 OVER MARCH 1989. WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT, OFFICE MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. ON THE OTHER HAND, IMPORT VOLUME OF TEXTILE MACHINERY; AND

THAN TEXTILE (OTHER OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY ELECTRICAL MACHINERY) SHOWED SOME DECREASES.

MACHINERY

AND

/COMPARING MARCH