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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1993

VOLUME AND PRICE MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE IN NOVEMBER 1992

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THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 1% IN THE FIRST "TI MONTHS OF 1992, AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991, 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 20%. 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 VALUR WHICH ARE COMPILED BASED ON AVERAGE UNIT VALUES 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 11 MONTHS OF 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME PERIOD IN 1991.

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COMPARING NOVEMBER 1992 WITH NOVEMBER 1991 THE VOLUMB OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS DECREASED BY 2% WHILE THAT OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 21%. THE VOLUME OF TOTAL EXPORTS INCREASED BY 15%%. THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 21%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCREASED BY 2%, WHILE THOSE OF RE-EXPORTS REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED. IMPORT PRICES DECREASED BY 1%.

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

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1992 WITH NOVEMBER 1991, THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS RECORDED A INCREASE OF 72%.

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ON THE OTHER HAND, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES (-49%); FOOTWEAR (-24%); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-16%).

AS REGARDS DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES, COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES INCLUDED CLOTHING (+6%}; AND FOOTWEAR (+4%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES OF RADIOS OF ALL KINDS; AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS DECLINED BY 9% AND 6% RESPECTIVELY.

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 9% IN NOVEMBER 1992 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1991.

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