XN000022-1992-06-09 — Page 6

TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 1992

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REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS ROSE BY 1% AND RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF IMPORTS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

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PRICE CHANGES ARE REFLECTED BY CHANGES IN UNIT VALUE INDEXES, WHICH ARE COMPILED BASED ON AVERAGE UNIT VALUES OR. FOR CERTAIN COMMODITIES, BASED ON SPECIFIC PRICE DATA.

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX IS THE RATIO OF TOTAL EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX. IT INCREASED BY 2% IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR.

COMPARING MARCH 1992 WITH MARCH 1991, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 13% AND 50% RESPECTIVELY. THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 39% WHILE THAT OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 30%.

EXPORTS BY 1%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC AND RE-EXPORTS BOTH INCREASED BY 1%. IMPORT PRICES DECREASED

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP FOR MARCH 1992 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+44%); TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES (+37%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+15%); AND CLOTHING (+11%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-23%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-23%); WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-18%); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-12%).

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN MARCH 1992 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991. IN PARTICULAR, TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES RECORDED RELATIVELY LARGER PRICE INCREASE BY 6%.

ON THE OTHER HAND, COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED LARGER DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES INCLUDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-6%); METAL ORES AND SCRAPS (-6%); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-5%).

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 8% IN MARCH 1992 AS COMPARED WITH MARCH 1991.

SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES: AND SWINE.

HOWEVER, SOME INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS; AND FRUIT.

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