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FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 1990

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN MAY 1990 COMPARED WITH MAY 1989. THESE INCLUDED METAL MANUFACTURES (+7 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+5 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+3 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+3 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+2 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (+2 PER CENT); CLOTHING (+2 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-7 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS PER CENT).

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

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IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 16 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN MAY 1990 COMPARED WITH MAY 1989. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; TEA AND COFFEE; AND CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR. A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS,

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF: CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT. COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; AND FOOTWEAR. A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 6 PER CENT IN MAY 1990 COMPARED WITH MAY 1989. THE MAJOR INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS,

ETC. + EXCEPT GLASS; AND THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN MAY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1989.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 20 PER CENT IN MAY 1990 OVER MAY 1989. INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WRRE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; OFFICE MACHINES AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE MACHINERY; OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.

COMPARING MAY 1990 WITH MAY 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED CONSUMER GOODS (+4 PER CENT); FUELS (+4 PER CENT); FOODSTUFFS (+4 PER CENT); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+2 PER CENT). THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT.

/THE CHANGES