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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1990

THE

OF

COMMODITY GROUPS THESE INCLUDED THREAD (+5 PER (+3 PER CENT); HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR

MOST PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED IN JULY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1989. METAL MANUFACTURES (+8 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND CENT); FOOTWEAR (+4 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS TEXTILE FABRICS (+3 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, ARTICLES (+2 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (+1 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED

COMPONENTS (-3 ELECTRONIC METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-5 PER CENT); CENT); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-1 PER CENT).

THE

IN

PER

BY

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

TERMS

IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 2 PER CENT IN VOLUME

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN IN JULY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1989.

AND CEREAL THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; CEREALS

AND PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR); TEA AND COFFEE;

SUGAR: LIVE POULTRY. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE; AND WHEAT AND FLOUR.

SAME

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OVER THE

PERIOD OF COMPARISON,

ITEMS WITH CENT. COMMODITY INCREASED BY 20 PER CONSUMER GOODS

RADIOS, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED FOOTWEAR;

AMPLIFIERS; TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND

THE IMPORT AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES. DECREASES WERE RECORDED VOLUME OF PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

THE

IMPORT

VOLUME

OF

RAW

MATERIALS

AND

IN

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

WITH JULY 1989. INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT IN JULY 1990 AS COMPARED INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; WATCH VALVES AND AND CLOCK MOVEMENTS, CASES AND PARTS; THERMIONIC CATHODE TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; AND FABRICS OF OF MAN-MADE FIBRES. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME

FABRICS OF WOOL AND RAW COTTON;

AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; AND WOOL MIXTURES.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 30 PER CENT IN VOLUME JULY 1990 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1989.

TERMS IN

PER

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 6

DECREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE CENT IN JULY 1990 OVER JULY 1989.

MACHINERY RECORDED IN OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); AND TEXTILE MACHINERY. ON THE OTHER INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES; AND SCIENTIFIC, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.

HAND, MEDICAL,

MOST

CENT);

(+2

AND

COMPARING JULY 1990 WITH JULY 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES OF

GOODS

PER (+4 : CONSUMER CATEGORIES INCREASED END-USE FOODSTUFFS (+3 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+3 PER CENT); AND FUELS PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT.

/THE CHANGES