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SUNDAY, MARCH 10, 1991

COMMODITY

GROUPS THESE INCLUDED METAL THREAD (+3%); TRAVEL GOODS,

AND DOMESTIC DOMESTIC EXPORT

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST INCREASED IN 1990 AS COMPARED WITH 1989. MANUFACTURES (+6%); FOOTWEAR (+3X); TEXTILE YARN AND TEXTILE FABRICS (+3%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+2%); HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+2%); CLOTHING (+2%); ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+1%). HOWEVER, DECREASE IN PRICES WAS RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-4%).

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

IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 6% IN VOLUME TERMS IN 1990 AS COMPARED WITH 1989. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR; AND RICE.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 18%. INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR FOOTWEAR; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 9% IN 1990 AS COMPARED WITH 1989. INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; FABRICS OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND PAPER AND PAPERBOARD.

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; RAW COTTON; AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 3% IN VOLUME TERMS IN 1990 AS COMPARED WITH 1989.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 8% IN 1990 AS COMPARED WITH 1989.

INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERK RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEXTILE MACHINERY; AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY).

COMPARING 1990 WITH 1989, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+21%); CONSUMER GOODS (+4%); CAPITAL GOODS (+3%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+3%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 1%.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1990. AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1989 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

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