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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1991

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN NOVEMBER 1990

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 1 PER CENT, WHILE 1990 THAT OF RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 16 PER CENT IN THE FIRST 11 MONTHS OF AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1989, ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 9 PBR CENT IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS.

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

THE

AND

PER CENT.

AS REGARDS PRICK CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 1 PER CENT PER CENT RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 2 AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) SHOWED A LITTLE INCREASE.

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

1989,

THE

COMPARING THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER 1990 WITH NOVEMBER VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 11 PER CENT, WHILE THAT OF RE- EXPORTS INCREASED BY 39 PER CENT.

TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED 28 PER CENT. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 33 PER CENT.

BY

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 4 PER CENT.

THE

CHANGES

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

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF

GROUPS MOST COMMODITY INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+36 PBR CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+26 PER CENT); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+19 PER CENT); METAL ORES

PER CENT); AND SCRAP (+9 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+6 DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL

(+2 APPLIANCES (+3 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING CENT).

THE ON

PER

VOLUME WERE PER

OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED IN FOOTWEAR (-17 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-4) CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-2 PER CENT); AND RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-2 PER CENT},

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