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MONDAY, JULY 8, 1991

OF DOMESTIC

1991

THE VOLUME

EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS

WITH AS COMPARED IN APRIL INCREASED

1990, APRIL

INCLUDING YARN ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+36%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+24%); TEXTILE

DOMESTIC THREAD

(+18%); (+21%); METAL MANUFACTURES APPLIANCES (+10%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+8%); AND TRAVEL GOODS, AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5%).

AND

ELECTRICAL HANDBAGS

VOLUME WERE

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED IN FOOTWEAR (-39%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-18%); TEXTILE MADE- ORES AND UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-6%); CLOTHING (-1%); AND METAL SCRAP (-1%).

THE

PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF

GROUPS MOST COMMODITY

THESE INCLUDED INCREASED IN APRIL 1991 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990.

(+4%); FOOTWEAR (+5%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+4%); METAL MANUFACTURES

(+3%); CLOTHING (+3%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+3%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

AND RELATED ARTICLES METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+3%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS

GOODS,

HANDBAGS (+2%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+2%); TRAVEL AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+2%); AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+1%).

HOWEVER, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS DECREASED BY 1%.

BY

SHOWN

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

AS

1991

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 26% IN APRIL COMPARED WITH APRIL 1990. IN PARTICULAR,

INCREASES SIGNIFICANT WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; TEA AND COFFEE; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; FRUIT; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND FLOUR; CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; VEGETABLES; AND SWINE.

DECREASES WERE

SUGAR; RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF POULTRY; AND MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.

LIVE

OVER

THE SAME

PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 29%.

THE

1MPORT

VOLUME

OF

COMMODITY

VOLUME

INCLUDED

ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR; CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; AND CLOTHING.

BY

WATCHES; MATERIALS;

TELEVISION SETS,

RADIOS,

APRIL

ROSE

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES 23%

IN APRIL 1991 AS COMPARED WITH

1990. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR MAN-MADE FIBRES; COTTON YARN AND THREAD:

PLASTIC MOULDING CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS;

HAIR: MATERIALS; FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL MOVEMENTS, RAW COTTON; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; WATCH AND CLOCK AND PARTS; AND IRON AND STEEL.

CASES

/HOWEVER, DECREASES