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THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC

EXPORTS OF INCREASED IN FEBRUARY 1992 OVER FEBRUARY 1991.

FROM 1% FOR TEXTILE FABRICS TO 5% FR RANGED FROM RELATED ARTICLES.

OTHER ON THE

HAND, COMMODITY GROUPS IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES INCLUDE DECREASES (-6%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-5%).

MOST COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASKЯ THE PRICE TEXTILE NADE-UPS ANII

WHICH RECORDED METAL

LARGER

AND ORIS

SCRAPS

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991 SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 57% 1992 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991.

BY

ARE

IN FEBRUARY

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR); FRUITS; TEA AND COFFEE; AND SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE AND LARD.

OIL

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF POULTRY; AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.

LIVE

THE PERIOD OF COMPARISON, SAME OVER THE CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 68%.

IMPORT VOLUME

OF

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR; AND MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES OF TEXTÍLE MATERIALS. HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN IMPORT WAS NOTED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

IMPORT THE

VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 57% IN FEBRUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991.

VOLUME

MADE-UP VOLUME

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOL OTHER ANIMAL HAIR: YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; BASE METALS (OTHER IRON AND STEEL); AND PLASTIC MATERIALS.

AND

THAN

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FABRICS AND MAN-MADE FIBRES.

SILK

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 5% IN VOLUME IN FEBRUARY 1992 COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991.

AS

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 44% IN FEBRUARY 1992 OVER FEBRUARY 1991.

NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE MACHINE; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY.

OF

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1992 WITH FEBRUARY 1991, THE IMPORT CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 1%.

PRICES

FUELS AND THE IMPORT PRICES OF

RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-

WHILE THOSE OF MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 30% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY, FOODSTUFFS AND CAPITAL GOODS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

/THE CHANGES