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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1991

PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRÅDE IN JUNE RELEASED

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2%, WHILE THAT of RE-EXPORTS GREW BY 25% IN THE FIRST HALF OF 1991 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1990, ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THERE WAS AN OVERALL INCREASE OF 16% IN THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 20% IN VOLUME.

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

THE

AS REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS BOTH ROSE BY 21, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 3%. ÁS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX ΤΟ IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DECREASED BY 0.3%.

PRICES ARE BÅSED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH Do Not TAKE INTO Account CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED, EXCEPT FOR SOME SELECTED COMMODITIES FOR WHICH SPECIFICATION PRICE INDEXES ARR AVAILABLE.

COMPARING THE MONTH OF JUNE 1991 WITH JUNE 1990, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 2%, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 21%. TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 12%. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS GREW BY 20%.

EXPORTS 2x.

OVER THE SÅME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES

PRICES OF DOMESTIC AND RE-EXPORTS BOTH ROSE BY 2%. IMPORT PRICES INCREASED BY

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

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF SOME COMMODITY CROUPS INCREASED IN JUNE 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE

JUNE 1990, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+17%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+13%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+13%); AND RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+5%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN FOOTWEAR (-31%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-26%); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-26%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-23%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-4%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-3%); TEXTILE FABRICS (-1%); AND CLOTHING (-1%).

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN JUNE 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JUNE 1990. THESE INCLUDED TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+7); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (+5%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+4%); CLOTHING (+4%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+3%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+3%); FOOTWEAR (+32)} RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (+3%); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+1%).

/HOWEVER, DECREASES