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THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1991

THESE INCLUDED FOOTWEAR (+5%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+5%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+3%); CLOTHING (+3%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+2%).

APPLIANCES;

THOSE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS; DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES ALL INCREASED BY 1%.

IN

TEXTILE

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

BY THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS

1990 ARE END-USE CATEGORY FOR JANUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

IMPORTS

FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 12% IN VOLUME OF 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990.

IN

JANUARY

IN

PARTICULAR,

SIGNIFICANT

INCREASES WERE

IN

RECORDED

THE FISH PREPARATIONS; AND IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; FISH AND

AND FLOUR). CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF LIVE POULTRY; FRUIT; AND VEGETABLES.

SWINE;

THE

SAME

OVER

PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 40%.

THE

IMPORT

VOLUME

OF

IMPORT VOLUME RADIOS,

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN INCLUDED HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; FOOTWEAR; AND TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.

THE

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 47% IN JANUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990. MORE SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FIBRES; AND IRON AND STEEL.

FOR MAN-MADE

LUMBER DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOD,

MATERIALS, BUILDING AND CORK; AND CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, AND SO ON, EXCEPT GLASS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 61% IN VOLUME IN JANUARY 1991 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1990.

AS

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 53% IN JANUARY 1991 OVER JANUARY 1990.

SIGNIFICANT

RECORDED

IN

IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE INCREASES TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; AND OFFICE MACHINES.

HOWEVER,

A

DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN

THE

IMPORT

CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.

OF

(+34%);

VOLUME OF

PRICES CAPITAL GOODS

COMPARING JANUARY 1991 WITH JANUARY 1990, THE IMPORT ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+4%); FOODSTUFFS (+4%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); AND RAW MATERIALS SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+1%).

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/THE CHANGES