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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 1993

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 14% IN AUGUST 1993 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1992.

CONSIDERABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FRUIT; MEAT AND MEAT PREPARATIONS; AND FISH AND FISH PREPARATIONS. ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF TEA AND COFFEE; AND WHEAT AND FLOUR.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 21%.

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR; CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY; AND ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

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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 16% IN AUGUST 1993 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1992.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR IRON STEEL; WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK; WOVEN FABRICS OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; THERMIONIC CATHODE VALVES AND TUBES, DIODES, TRANSISTORS ELECTRICAL MICROCIRCUITS,

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HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW COTTON; AND BASE METALS (OTHER THAN IRON AND STEEL).

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 1.2% IN VOLUME IN AUGUST 1993 COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1992.

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13%.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY; OTHER INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY (OTHER THAN TEXTILE MACHINERY AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY); AND OFFICE MACHINERY.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSTRUCTION

MACHINERY; AND TEXTILE

MACHINERY DECLINED.

COMPARING AUGUST 1993 WITH AUGUST 1992, THE IMPORT PRICES OF CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 3.8%.

THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS; FOODSTUFFS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES; AND CONSUMER GOODS DECREASED BY 5.8%, 1.6%, 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 AUGUST 1993 WITH AUGUST 1992, THE VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS OF FUELS GREW SUBSTANTIALLY BY 69%. THAT OF CAPITAL GOODS; RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES; CONSUMER GOODS; AND FOODSTUFFS REGISTERED INCREASES OF 23%, 21%, 19% AND 1.9% RESPECTIVELY.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 2.9%.

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