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THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1992

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PRICES ARE BASED 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 AVAILABLE.

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COMPARING THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 1991 WITH OCTOBER 1990, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 5%, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 19%. TAKING THEM TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 10%. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS GREW BY 9%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES EXPORTS ROSE BY 1% WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY PRICES INCREASED BY 1%.

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

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF SOME COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER

1990, INCLUDING ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+27%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+2%);. AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+2%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN FOOTWEAR (-55%); METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-44%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-41%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-29%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-23%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-21%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-10%); TEXTILE FABRICS (-6%); AND CLOTHING (-5%).

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN OCTOBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990.

THESE INCLUDED TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+5%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+5%); CLOTHING (+3%); TEXTILE FABRICS (+3%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+3%); TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (+1%); AND FOOTWEAR (+1%).

HOWEVER,

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-13%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-3%); AND RADIOS ALL KINDS (-2%).

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 4% IN OCTOBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH OCTOBER 1990.

SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES; SUGAR; LIVE POULTRY; AND SWINE.

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE; TEA AND COFFEE; AND MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS.

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