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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-4%); AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-2%).

RECORDED IN

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 12% IN JULY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1990. IN PARTICULAR, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR: MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; SUGAR; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; AND SWINE. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; AND RICE.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 20%. COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; AND MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS. ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WATCHES.

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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 26% IN JULY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1990. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR MAN-MADE FIBRES; PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS; AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES. HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SILK FABRICS; AND RAW COTTON.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 28% IN VOLUME IN JULY 1991 As COMPARED WITH JULY 1990.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 34% IN JULY 1991 OVER JULY 1990. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE MACHINERY; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; AND OFFICE MACHINES.

COMPARING JULY 1991 WITH JULY 1990, THE IMPORT PRICES OF

OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FUELS (+8%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); FOODSTUFFS (+2%); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2%); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+1%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF

UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR JULY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

COMPARING JULY 1991 WITH JULY 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES: FUELS (+66%); RAN MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+38%); CAPITAL GOODS (+32%); CONSUMER GOODS (+26%); AND FOODSTUFFS (+14%).

THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN JULY 1991 AS COMPARED WITH JULY 1990: FUELS (+17%); FOODSTUFFS (+6%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+2%); AND CAPITAL GOODS (+2%).

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