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FRIDAY, AUGUST 9, 1991

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THESE INCLUDED FOOTWEAR (+6%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+5%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+4%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+4%); CLOTHING (+4%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+4%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+3%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+3%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+2%); AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+2%).

HOWEVER, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS DECREASED BY 2%; WHILE THOSE OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

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

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IN

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 8% IN MAY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1990.

IN PARTICULAR, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS; FRUIT; ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES: SWINE; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; AND CEREALS AND CEREAL, PREPARATIONS, OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR.

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN

OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; RICE; TEA AND COFFEE; WHEAT AND FLOUR; SUGAR: VEGETABLES; AND LIVE POULTRY.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 17%.

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

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES;. TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; AND WATCHES.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES

BY 22% IN MAY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH MAY 1990.

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MAN-MADE

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR FIBRES; RAW COTTON; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; IRON AND STEEL; PAPER AND PAPERBOARD; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS; COTTON YARN AND THREAD: BASE METALS OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL; AND FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES,

HOWEVER, DECRFASES WERF RECORDED IN TUF IMPORT VOLUME OF CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUIC" ||ON MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS FTC., EXCEPT GLASS; SILK FABRICS; CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS; AND VARY OF MAN MADE FIBRES.

FUELS DECREASED BY 20% IN VOLIMME IN MAY 1091 AS

DIPORTS OR COMPARED WITH MAY 1990.

/AS REGARDS