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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MAY

WHILE

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 3 PER CENT, THAT OF RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 9 PER CENT IN THE FIRST FIVE MONTHS OF 1990 STATISTICS AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, ACCORDING TO THE RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF

IMPORTS INCREASED BY 4 PER CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IN VOLUME TERMS.

4 PER CENT

THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES, HAVING DISCOUNTED THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

OF COMPARISON AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT AND 4 AS PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT.

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

ACCOUNT

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME ARE COMMODITIES

SPECIFICATION SELECTED AVAILABLE.

FOR

WHICH

PRICE

INDEXES

21 PER EXPORTS

THE VOLUME OF COMPARING THE MONTH OF MAY 1990 WITH MAY 1989, DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 5 PER CENT AND CENT RESPECTIVELY. TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL INCREASED BY 14 PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED ALSO BY 14 PER CENT.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PRICES OF DOMESTIC AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT AND 3 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. PRICES INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT.

EXPORTS

IMPORT

OF DOMESTIC THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP FOR MAY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

DOMESTIC OF

EXPORTS

(-23 PER CENT);

OF MOST

COMMODITY

GOODS,

GROUPS

THE VOLUME DECREASED IN MAY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1989, INCLUDING RADIOS OF TEXTILE MADE-UPS ALL KINDS (-41 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-28 PER CENT);

TRAVEL

HANDBAGS AND AND RELATED ARTICLES

PER CENT); SIMILAR ARTICLES (-13 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (-11

PER TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-10 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-10 CENT); AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-9 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+32 PER CENT); WATCHES AND (+9 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+8 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE FABRICS CENT).

VOLUMB WERE CLOCKS (+1 PER

/THE PRICES