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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1994

COMPARING AUGUST 1994 WITH AUGUST 1993, THE VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS OF MOST END-USE CATEGORIES RECORDED INCREASES OF VARIOUS MAGNITUDES: FOODSTUFFS (+27%), RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+27%), CONSUMER GOODS (+15%), AND CAPITAL GOODS (+13%). THE VOLUME OF RE-EXPORTS OF FUELS, HOWEVER, DECREASED SLIGHTLY BY 1.6%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED: FOODSTUFFS (+2.4%), CAPITAL GOODS (+2.2%), FUELS (+2.0%), CONSUMER GOODS (+1.4%), AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES (+0.9%).

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

COMPARING AUGUST 1994 WITH AUGUST 1993, COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED INCREASES IN VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+71%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+25%).

THE VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF RADIOS OF ALL KINDS DECREASED MARKEDLY BY 64%.

COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES INCLUDED TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND RELATED ARTICLES (+8.6%); AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (+2.7%).

DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES WERE RECORDED FOR FOOTWEAR (-5.6%), RADIOS OF ALL KINDS (-1.7%) AND DOMESTIC ELECTRICAL APPLICANCES (-1.6%).

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

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 20% IN AUGUST 1994 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1993.

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SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD; AND WHEAT AND

HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RICE.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 13%.

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS;

RADIOS, TELEVISION SETS, GRAMOPHONES, RECORDS, TAPE RECORDERS AND AMPLIFIERS; AND CAMERAS, FLASHLIGHT APPARATUS AND SUPPLIES FOR PHOTOGRAPHY. A MARKED DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS NOTED OF TOBACCO MANUFACTURES.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 18% IN AUGUST 1994 AS COMPARED WITH AUGUST 1993.

WERE

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED OF RAW COTTON. AND YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES. HOWEVER, CONSIDERABLE DECREASES RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF IRON AND STEEL; AND WOOD, CORK.

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