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SUNDAY, JUNE 9, 1991

ALL COMPARING MARCH 1991 WITH MARCH 1990, THE IMPORT PRICES OF

CAPITAL GOODS (+5%); FUELS (+29%); END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED:

AND SEMI- CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); FOODSTUFFS (+3%); AND RAW MATERIALS MANUFACTURES (+2%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF

1991 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH END-USE CATEGORY FOR MARCH SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

BY

RE-EXPORTS 1990 ARE

COMPARING MARCH 1991 WITH MARCH 1990, THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS (+8%); CONSUMER INCREASED BY 7% : FOODSTUFFS (+16%); CAPITAL GOODS GOODS (+7%); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+7%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FUELS DECREASED

BY

(+3%); RAW

36%.

THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN FUELS (+41%); FOODSTUFFS MARCH 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1990:

AND MATERIALS

(+4%);

GOODS CONSUMER (+2%); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+1%).

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TABLE 1: CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP

COMPARING MAR 1991 WITH MAR 1990

COMPARING JAN-MAR 1991 WITH JAN-MAR 1990

COMMODITY GROUP

VALUE

UNIT VALUE

UNIT

VOLUME

VALUE

VALUE

VOLUME

X

%

X

%%

CLOTHING

TEXTILE FABRICS

-15

3

-18

7

3

-8

3

-11

-2

3

TEXTILE YARN AND

THREAD

- 17

5

-21

-10

3

-13

TEXTILE MADE-UPS

AND RELATED

ARTICLES

-44

3

-45

-28

1

-29

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