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THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1991

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

COMPARING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1990 WITH OCTOBER 1989, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY FIVE PER CENT, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT.

TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 19 PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT. OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE- EXPORTS ROSE BY ONE PER CENT AND TWO PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. IMPORT PRICES INCREASED BY THREE PER CENT.

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

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF SOME COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY IN OCTOBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989, INCLUDING METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+49 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+29 PER CENT); ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+26 PER CENT); AND TEXTILE FABRICS (+ EIGHT PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-16 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-15 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-12 PER CENT); FOOTWEAR (-10 PER CENT); AND RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-10 PER CENT).

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989. THESE INCLUDED

PER FOOTWEAR (+ EIGHT PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+ SIX CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+ FOUR PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ THREE PER CENT); CLOTHING (+ TWO PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+ TWO PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+ ONE PER CENT); AND TEXTILE FABRICS (+ ONE PER CENT).

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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (- FOUR PER CENT); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS RELATED ARTICLES (- ONE PER CENT).

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

IMPORTS OF

FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN OCTOBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1989. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; VEGETABLES; AND BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VOLUME OF SUGAR; AND RICE.

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