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

AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT AND 3 AS PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 2 PER CENT.

OF RATIO A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A

TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) INCREASED BY 1 PER CENT.

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION PRICE INDEXES AVAILABLE.

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COMPARING THE MONTH OF SEPTEMBER 1990 WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT, WHILE THAT OF EXPORTS INCREASED BY 13 PER CENT. TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT. THE VOLUMB OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT.

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

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC

AS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP FOR SEPTEMBER 1990 EXPORTS

COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS DECREASED IN SEPTEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1989, INCLUDING FOOTWEAR (-32 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-22 PER CENT);

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METAL MANUFACTURES (-20 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS SIMILAR ARTICLES (-20 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES AND (-19 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-15 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN THREAD (-15 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (-8 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (-4 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ( +29 PER CENT) AND IN WATCHES CLOCKS (+15 PER CENT).

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THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY

1989. IN SEPTEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER INCREASED INCLUDED FOOTWEAR (+5 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+5 PER CENT); APPLIANCES RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+3 PER CENT); AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL (+3 PER CENT). THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF TEXTILE FABRICS; WATCHES AND CLOCKS; CLOTHING; AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD ALL INCREASED BY PER CENT.

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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-3 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-2 CENT); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-1 PER CENT).

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

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