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TUESDAY, APRIL 13, 1993

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 22% IN JANUARY 1993 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1992.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD: MILK, BUTTER, CHEESE AND EGGS; LIVE POULTRY; AND FRUIT.

HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUMB OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 11%.

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS; AND FOOTWEAR.

HOWEVER, DECREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 20% IN JANUARY 1993 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1992.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR SPECIAL TEXTILE FABRICS FOR INDUSTRIAL PURPOSE; WOVEN FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; RAW COTTON; AND WOVEN COTTON FABRICS.

HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; AND MAN-MADE FIBRES.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 12% IN VOLUME IN JANUARY 1993 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1992.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 18% IN JANUARY 1993 OVER JANUARY 1992.

NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; OFFICE MACHINES; AND TEXTILE MACHINERY.

COMPARING JANUARY 1993 WITH JANUARY 1992, THE IMPORT PRICES FUELS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 3.6% AND 1.1% RESPECTIVELY.

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THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; CONSUMER GOODS AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 4.6%, 1.2% AND 0.8% RESPECTIVELY.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS BY END-USE CATEGORY ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

COMPARING JANUARY 1993 WITH JANUARY 1992, THE VOLUME EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FOODSTUFFS CAPITAL GOODS (+30%); RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES CONSUMER GOODS (+26%); AND FUELS (+3.3%).

OF RE- (+61%); (+29%);

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