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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; RICE; AND CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR).

HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD; AND SUGAR.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 24%.

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; AND RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 13% IN NOVEMBER 1992 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1991.

SIGNIFICANT

FOR

AND

INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS; WOVEN FABRICS OF WOOL. AND MIXTURES; COTTON; AND WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE

RAW

AND

DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF INEDIBLE ANIMAL VEGETABLE MATERIALS; MAN-MADE FIBRES; AND CHEMICAL ELEMENTS AND COMPOUNDS.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 16% IN VOLUME IN NOVEMBER 1992 AS COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER 1991.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, NOVEMBER 1992 OVER NOVEMBER 1991.

THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 36% IN

NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; OFFICE MACHINES; OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; AND SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL, MEASURING AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS.

COMPARING NOVEMBER 1992 WITH NOVEMBER 1991, THE IMPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS AND CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 2% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY. HOWEVER, THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-

FUELS: AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY

MANUFACTURES;

RESPECTIVELY.

THE

3%. 2% AND 1%

CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS

BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY 54% AND 50% RESPECTIVELY IN NOVEMBER 1992 AS COMPARED

NOVEMBER 1991.

WITH

THAT OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; CONSUMER GOODS; AND FOODSTUFFS REGISTERED INCREASES OF 17%, 16% AND 1% RESPECTIVELY.

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