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MONDAY, JULY 9, 1990

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IMPORT

THE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; RAW COTTON; AND IRON AND STEEL. INCREASES

VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; FABRICS OF MADE FIBRES: PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; AND THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 75 PER CENT IN VOLUME APRIL 1990 A COMPARED WITH APRIL 1989.

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IN

MAN- AND

TERMS IN

PER VOLUME

AS REGARDS CAFELL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME DECREASED BY 3 CENT IN APRIL 1990 OUR APRIL 1989. DECREASES IN THE IMPORT WERE RECORDER FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL (OTHER THAN RYTELE MACINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY).

MACHINERY

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES; ': AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.

COMPARING APRIL 1990 WITH APRIL 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+6 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+4) PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS (+4 PER CENT); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+1 PER THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED

CENT).

1 PER CENT.

:

BY

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

ARE

THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 86 PER CENT, WHILE THAT OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 22 PER CENT APRIL 1990 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1989.

IN HOWEVER, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND CAPITAL GOODS DECREASED, BY 23 PER CENT, 9 PER CENT AND 1 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN APRIL

1990 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1989: FUELS (+8 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+5 PER CENT); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+3 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+3 PER CENT) AND FOODSTUFFS (+1 PER CENT).

THE

THE

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