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HOWEVER, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED IN METAL ORES AND SCRAP (-5%); AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-2%).

BY

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1991 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 9% IN COMPARED WITH 1990.

1991 AS

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS; CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR); AND FRUIT. DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF LIVE POULTRY; AND SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL AND LARD.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 20%.

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR; HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE

IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND INCREASED BY 18% IN 1991 AS COMPARED WITH 1990.

SEMI-MANUFACTURES

WERE

IN PARTICULAR, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME NOTED FOR MAN-MADE FIBRES; WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; AND PLASTIC MOULDING MATERIALS.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SILK CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS, BUILDING

FABRICS; AND CLAY AND REFRACTORY MATERIALS AND SO ON, EXCEPT GLASS.

IMPORTS OF COMPARED WITH 1990.

FUELS INCREASED BY 6% IN VOLUME TERMS IN 1991 AS

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 25% IN 1991 AS COMPARED WITH 1990.

INCREASES IN THE IMPORT VOLUME WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL

MACHINERY; TEXTILE MACHINERY; AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL,

HOWEVER, A

MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS. DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY.

COMPARING 1991 WITH 1990, THE IMPORT PRICES OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FOODSTUFFS (+3%); CONSUMER GOODS (+3%); CAPITAL

(+2%); AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+1%).

OTHER HAND, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS DECREASED BY 1%.

ON THE

RE-EXPORTS

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR DECEMBER AND THE WHOLE YEAR OF 1991 AS COMPARED WITH THE CORRESPONDING PERIODS IN 1990 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

/COMPARING 1991