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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1992

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VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN SEPTEMBER

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THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST NINE MONTHS OF THIS YEAR INCREASED BY 1% AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD LAST YEAR, WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 29%, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

TAKING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS TOGETHER, THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 21%. IMPORTS INCREASED BY 22% 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 WHICH ARE COMPILED BASED ON AVERAGE UNIT VALUES OR, FOR COMMODITIES, BASED ON SPECIFIC PRICE DATA.

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

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COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1992 WITH SEPTEMBER 1991, THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 1% WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 27%. THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 20%. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 23%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2%, WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS AND IMPORTS BOTH ROSE BY 1%

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COMPARING SEPTEMBER 1992 WITH SEPTEMBER 1991, COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED METAL ORES AND SCRAP (+50%); AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+43%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES IN THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-10%); DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-38%); FOOTWEAR (-26%); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-19%).

AS REGARDS DOMESTI(" EXPORT PRICES, COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES INCLUDEÐ TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+8%); CLOTHING {+6%); METAL MANUFACTURES (+4%); AND FOOTWEAR (+4%).

ON THE OTHER BAND, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF RADIOS OF ALL KINDS;

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS; AND TEXTILE FABRICS DECLINED BY 6%, 4% AND 3% RESPECTIVELY.

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