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SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1991

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN MARCH 1991

THE

VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2%, WHILE THAT RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 22% IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 AS COMPARED THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990.

THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (SUNDAY) THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 15% THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 18% IN VOLUME.

OF

WITH

BY

IN

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

OF

COMPARISON,

BY 2% AND 3% AS A RESULT, THE

AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 4%. TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DECREASED BY 1%.

ACCOUNT

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME

PRICE INDEXES SELECTED

SPECIFICATION

AVAILABLE.

COMMODITIES

FOR

WHICH

ARB

OF

COMPARING THE MONTH OF MARCH 1991 WITH MARCH 1990, THE

THAT WHILE BY 11%, DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED INCREASED BY 7%.

OF

VOLUME RE-EXPORTS

EXPORTS TOTAL

SHOWED

OF TAKING

THE VOLUME TOGETHER, THEM VIRTUALLY NO CHANGE. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS GREW BY 8%.

PRICES OF DOMESTIC IMPORT PRICES

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 2% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY. INCREASED BY 3%.

OF DOMESTIC WITH

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL, COMMODITY GROUP FOR MARCH 1991 AS COMPARED MARCH 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

THE

EXPORTS

OF

MOST

COMMODITY

GROUPS

DOMESTIC OF VOLUME DECLINED IN MARCH 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990, INCLUDING FOOTWEAR (-48%); TEXTILE (-51%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES

ALL KINDS (-34%); MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-45%); RADIOS OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-21%); CLOTHING (-18%); DOMESTIC APPLIANCES (-16%); METAL MANUFACTURES (-13%); TEXTILE FABRICS AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-6%).

ELECTRICAL

(-11%);

VOLUME WERE

AND WATCHES

CLOCKS

ON THE OTHER HAND, INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED IN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+20%); AND (+6%).

THE

PRICES

OF

DOMESTIC

EXPORTS

OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS

INCREASED IN MARCH 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990.

/THESE INCLUDED

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