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MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1991

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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-11%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-3%); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-1%).

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 11% IN SEPTEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990. IN PARTICULAR, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; AND VEGETABLES.

DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE; LIVE POULTRY; AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 24%. COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS; HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; AND CLOTHING.

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES ROSE BY 22% IN SEPTEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR MAN-MADE FIBRES; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; AND FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON AND CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS ETC, EXCEPT GLASS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 63% IN VOLUME IN SEPTEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH SEPTEMBER 1990.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 20% IN SEPTEMBER 1991 OVER SEPTEMBER 1990. SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILE MACHINERY; OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS

AND APPARATUS.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.

COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1991 WITH SEPTEMBER 1990, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FOODSTUFFS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+1%). THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DECREASED BY 16%. THOSE OF CAPITAL GOODS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

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

/COMPARING SEPTEMBER