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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1991

DOMESTIC

EXPORTS OF MOST

COMMODITY

GROUPS

THESE

THE PRICES OF INCREASED IN NOVEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989. INCLUDED FOOTWEAR (+6 PER CENT); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+6 PER CENT); METAL MANUFACTURES (+6 PER CENT); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+4 PER CENT); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+3 PER CENT); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+2 PER CENT); TEXTILE FABRICS (+1 PER CENT); AND CLOTHING (+1 PER CENT).

IN

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-4 PER CENT); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-3 PER CENT); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-2 PER CENT); AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (-1 PER CENT).

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

IMPORTS . OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; AND SWINE. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE WHEAT IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND AND FLOUR.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 38 PER CENT. COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED TOBACCO MANUFACTURES;

FOOTWEAR; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPR

RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SRMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 35 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989. INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR IRON AND STEEL; SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE; AND COTTON YARN AND THREAD. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON; CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS; AND WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 36 PER CENT IN VOLUME TERMS IN NOVEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1989.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 30 PER CENT IN NOVEMBER 1990 OVER NOVEMBER 1989. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND OFFICE MACHINES.

OF

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1990 WITH NOVEMBER 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+43 PER CENT); CAPITAL GOODS (+6 PER CENT); CONSUMER GOODS (+4 PER CENT); AND FOODSTUFFS (+3 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES SHOWED LITTLE CHANGE.

MATERIALS

BY

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR NOVEMBER 1990 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

1989

/COMPARING NOVEMBER