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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1992

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 1% IN NOVEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990.

SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF LIVE POULTRY; AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS.

HOWEVER, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD; WHEAT AND FLOUR; TEA AND COFFEE: AND RICE.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 12%.

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUMB INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS AND FOOTWEAR.

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WATCHES; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.

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THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES

BY 7% IN NOVEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990.

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IN PARTICULAR, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; BASE METALS (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL); AND MAN-MADE FIBRES.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME of YARN OF MAN-MADE FIBRES; COTTON YARN AND THREAD; AND SILK FABRICS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 9% IN VOLUME IN NOVEMBER 1991 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1990.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 19% IN NOVEMBER 1991 OVER NOVEMBER 1990.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); OFFICE MACHINES; AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT.

DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1991 WITH NOVEMBER 1990, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS (+4%) AND CONSUMER GOODS (+2%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND CAPITAL GOODS DECREASED BY 23% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY. THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

1990

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

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/COMPARING NOVEMBER