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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1992

THE BY 1%.

REGARDING PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS BOTH INCREASED IMPORT PRICES WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

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

INDEXES, CERTAIN

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX IS THE RATIO OF TOTAL INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX.

EXPORT PRICE IT INCREASED BY 1% IN THE FIRST HALF THIS YEAR AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

COMPARING JUNE 1992 WITH JUNE 1991, THE VOLUME OF EXPORTS INCREASED BY 12% WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 31%. THE VOLUME OF INCREASED BY 32%.

OF

DOMESTIC BY 39%. IMPORTS

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

IMPORT PRICES

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 1.

DOMESTIC

COMPARING JUNE 1992 WITH JUNE 1991, COMMODITY GROUPS RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC INCLUDED ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+47%); METAL ORES AND SCRAP TEXTILE FABRICS (+13%) AND METAL MANUFACTURES (+12%).

WHICH EXPORTS (+45%);

ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES IN THE VOLUME DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR RADIOS OF ALL KINDS DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-23%); AND FOOTWEAR (-12%).

OF

(-36%);

INCREASE WAS

ON DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES, BY 10%.

RECORDED A

ON THE OTHER HAND, ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS CONSIDERABLE DECREASE OF 5% IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES. THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD; DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES; AND METAL ORES AND SCRAP ALL DECLINED BY 3%.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

BY

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 20% IN JUNE 1992 OVER JUNE 1991.

LIVE

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT POULTRY; ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES: FISH PREPARATIONS; FRUIT; AND MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS. CONSIDERABLE DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD.

AND

SOYA

VOLUME OF

FISH HOWEVER,

BEAN

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 34%.

VOLUME OF

/COMMODITY ITEMS