TUESDAY, MAY 11, 1993
AS REGARDS DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES, COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED SIGNIFICANT INCREASES INCLUDED FOOTWEAR (+7.2%) AND CLOTHING (+4.0%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-9.5%); AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD (-5.7%).
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY 4.5% IN FEBRUARY 1993 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1992.
SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD; FRUIT; AND CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR). HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WHEAT AND FLOUR; AND TEA AND COFFEE.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 19%.
COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT
AND APPARATUS SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; TOBACCO MANUFACTURES; AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
HOWEVER, DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS NOTED FOR MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS.
THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 21% IN FEBRUARY 1993 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1992.
AND
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR IRON STEEL; BASE METALS (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL); WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; AND PAPER AND PAPERBOARD,
HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON AND MAN-MADE FIBRES.
IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 32% IN VOLUME IN FEBRUARY 1993 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1992.
AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 47%.
NOTABLE
INCREASES
WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY; TEXTILE MACHINERY; AND OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND TEXTILE MACHINERY).
COMPARING FEBRUARY 1993 WITH FEBRUARY 1992, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 3.4% AND 1.6% RESPECTIVELY. THE IMPORT PRICES OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES DECREASED 4.5%.
BY
THE IMPORT PRICES OF FOODSTUFFS AND CONSUMER GOODS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.
/COMPARING FEBRUARY
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