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THURSDAY, JULY 9, 1992

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

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 1% IN THE FIRST FOUR MONTHS OF 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

COMPARING APRIL 1992 WITH APRIL 1991, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 3% WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 27%. THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 18%. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 19%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF BOTH DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED. RE-EXPORT PRICES INCREASED BY 1%.

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

COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED CONSIDERABLE INCREASE IN VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+24%) AND TEXTILE FABRICS (+16%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-44%); FOOTWEAR (-41%); RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-29%); TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES [ 21%); AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (-21%).

THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANY COMMODITY GROUPS INCREASED IN APRIL 1992 AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1991. IN PARTICULAR, TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES; AND METAL MANUFACTURES RECORDED RELATIVELY LARGER PRICE INCREASES, BY 6% AND 5% RESPECTIVELY.

ON THE OTHER HAND, ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; AND METAL SCRAPS RECORDED LARGER DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES, 5%.

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 34% IN APRIL AS COMPARED WITH APRIL 1991.

1992

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES; SWINE: MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS; AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND

THE LARD.