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THURSDAY, MAY 9, 1991

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

IMPORTS OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 8% IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990. IN PARTICULAR, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; SUGAR; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SWINE; ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES; LIVE POULTRY; AND FRUIT.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUMB OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 16%. COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; AND CLOTHING. HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS RECORDED FOR WATCHES.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ABOUT THE SAME IN FEBRUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990.

WAS

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES. HOWEVER, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND THERMIONIC CATHODE VALUES AND TUBES, DIODES,

TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS.

OF

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 7% IN VOLUME TERMS IN FEBRUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 11% IN FEBRUARY 1991 OVER FEBRUARY 1990. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; AND OFFICE MACHINES. THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY DECLINED

SUBSTANTIALLY.

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1991 WITH FEBRUARY 1990, THE IMPORT PRICES OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+43%); CAPITAL GOODS (+5%); FOODSTUFFS (+5%); CONSUMER GOODS (+4%); AND RAW MATERIALS SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2%).

AND

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1991 WITH FEBRUARY 1990, THE VOLUME OF EXPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS; AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 53% AND RESPECTIVELY. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS; MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 40%, AND 4% RESPECTIVELY.

RR-

17%

RAW

6%

IN

PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED FEBRUARY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1990: FUELS (+50%); FOODSTUFFS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); RAW MATERIALS AND (+2%); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+1%).

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

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