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PRICES WERE

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT RECORDED FOR TEXTILE FABRICS (-7.7%); TEXTILF YARN AND THREAD (-3.8%); AND TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (-3.0%).

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS SLIGHTLY JANUARY 1994 AS COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1993.

BY

INCREASED BY 1.4%

IN

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT WHEAT AND FLOUR; ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES; VEGETABLE; AND MEAT PREPARATION. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES WERE IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SUGAR: RICE; AND FRUFT.

VOLUME OF AND MEAT RECORDED

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON,

THE IMPORT VOLUME

OF

CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 25%.

COMMODITY

APPARATUS

IMPORT VOLUME

ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN INCLUDED RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS

CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT

AND AND

SUPPLIES FOR AMPLIFIERS;

AND PHOTOGRAPHY;

TYPE HOUSEHOLD

HOWEVER, APPLIANCES. ELECTRICAL DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS NOTED FOR PASSENGER MOTOR CARS.

AND MATERIALS

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW

SENI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 37% IN JANUARY 1994 AR COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1993.

THREAD;

MAN-MADE

AND

WAS

PAPER DECREASE

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR FIBRES: WOOD, LUMBER AND CORK: COTTON YARN AND PAPERBOARD; AND

CONSIDERABLE HOWEVER, SILK FABRICS. RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR.

IMPORTS OF FUELS DECREASED BY 27% IN VOLUME IN JANUARY 1994 COMPARED WITH JANUARY 1993.

AS

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 22% IN JANUARY 1994 OVER JANUARY 1993.

NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE SCIENTIFIC, MEDICAL, OPTICAL. MACHINES; ELECTRICAL MACHINERY: AND

THE MEASURING AND

INSTRUMENTS AND CONTROLLING VOLUME OF TEXTILE MACHINERY AND CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY DECLINED.

APPARATUS.

IMPORT

OF

COMPARING JANUARY 1994 WITH JANUARY 1993, THE IMPORT PRICES

BY

1.7% GOODS;

CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED

2.0% AND CAPITAL

AND RESPECTIVELY, THE IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS; AND FOODSTUFFS DECREASED BY RAW MATERIALS AND 17% AND 1.8% RESPECTIVELY. THE IMPORT PRICES OF SEMI-MANUFACTURES REMAINED VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

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

COMPARING JANUARY 1994 WITH JANUARY EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: MANUFACTURES

CAPITAL GOODS

(+59%);

FUELS (+17%); AND FOODSTUFFS

(+14%).

(+32%);

RE-EXPORTS

1993, THE VOLUME RAW MATERIALS

OF RE- AND SEMI- (+29%);

CONSUMER GOODS

/OVER THE

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