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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1992

9 AND IT FOLLOWS THE ORDERLY REPATRIATION FLIGHTS ON NOVEMBER

19 AND AUGUST 4 THIS DECEMBER 10 LAST YEAR, AND FEBRUARY 12, JUNE YEAR.

SO FAR, A TOTAL OF VIETNAM UNDER THE PROGRAMME.

221 NON-REFUGEES HAVE BEEN RETURNED

TO

ATTENTION NEWS EDITORS:

COVERAGE:

THE FOLLOWING ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE TO

FACILITATE MEDIA

INSIDE THE AIRPORT WHERE THE RETURNEES BOARDING THE

BE SET UP A FIXED POSITION WILL

TO PHOTOGRAPH JOURNALISTS WILL BE ABLE PLANE THAT TAKES THEM BACK TO VIETNAM.

то MAKE USE OF THE FACILITY MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES WISHING

ROOM IN THE ARRIVAL HALL NO SHOULD ASSEMBLE IN THE AIRPORT PRESS LATER THAN 8.45 AM. TELEPHOTO LENSES WILL BE NECESSARY.

EDITORS ARE REMINDED THAT

THEIR REPORTERS AND

PHOTOGRAPHERS

THEY ARE BONA FIDE JOURNALISTS MUST BE ABLE TO PRODUCE PROOF THAT BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO USE THE FACILITY.

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VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN JULY

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR INCREASED BY 1%, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 30% OVER THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 21%. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 23% IN VOLUME.

THE GROWTH IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE IS DERIVED FROM THE GROWTH IN TRADE VALUES WITH THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES BEING DISCOUNTED.

AS

REGARDS PRICE CHANGES OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS BOTH INCREASED BY 1%. IMPORT PRICES REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

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

CERTAIN

THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX IS THE RATIO OF TOTAL INDEX TO IMPORT PRICE INDEX. IT INCREASED BY 1% IN THE FIRST SEVEN MONTHS OF THIS YEAR AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR.

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PRICE

/COMPARING JULY