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OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 14%.
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; FOOTWEAR; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
ON THE OTHER HAND, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WATCHES.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES BY 4% IN OCTOBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990.
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IN PARTICULAR, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; MAN-MADE FIBRES; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; AND THERMIONIC CATHODE VALUES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS AND ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS.
HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME
OF RAW COTTON; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; CLAY AND REFRACTORY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING MATERIALS ETC., EXCEPT GLASS; AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS.
IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 41% IN VOLUME IN OCTOBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 24% IN OCTOBER 1991 OVER OCTOBER 1990.
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN MACHINES; SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS; AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.
COMPARING OCTOBER 1991 WITH OCTOBER 1990, THE IMPORT PRICES MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FOODSTUFFS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+1%).
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THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND CAPITAL GOODS DECREASED BY 24% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.
THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR OCTOBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.
COMPARING OCTOBER 1991 WITH OCTOBER 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES: CAPITAL GOODS (+29%); CONSUMER GOODS (+24%); FUELS (+23%); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+10%). THE RE-EXPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 15%.
THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990: FOODSTUFFS (+6%); CAPITAL GOODS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES (+1%),
THE RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FUELS WERE VIRTUALLY
UNCHANGED.
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