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ON THE OTHER HAND, COMMODITY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICES INCLUDE METAL ORES AND SCRAPS (-6%) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS (-5%).

THE

CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF IMPORTS END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 2.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF FOODSTUFFS INCREASED BY 57% IN FEBRUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (OTHER THAN RICE, WHEAT AND FLOUR); FRUITS; TEA AND COFFEE; AND SOYA BEAN OIL, PEANUT OIL, VEGETABLE OIL AND LARD.

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF LIVE POULTRY; AND ANIMALS OF THE BOVINE SPECIES.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE IMPORT VOLUME OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 56%.

COMMODITY ITEMS WITH CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME INCLUDED PASSENGER MOTOR CARS; FOOTWEAR; AND MISCELLANEOUS MADE-UP ARTICLES OF TEXTILE MATERIALS. HOWEVER, A DECREASE IN IMPORT VOLUME WAS NOTED FOR ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES.

THE IMPORT VOLUME OF RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI-MANUFACTURES INCREASED BY 57% IN FEBRUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991.

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN IMPORT VOLUME WERE NOTED FOR WOOL AND OTHER ANIMAL HAIR; YARN OF WOOL AND MIXTURES; BASE METALS (OTHER TRON AND STEEL); AND PLASTIC MATERIALS.

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HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF SILK FABRICS AND MAN-MADE FIBRES.

IMPORTS OF FUELS INCREASED BY 5% IN VOLUME IN FEBRUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991.

AS REGARDS CAPITAL GOODS, THE IMPORT VOLUME INCREASED BY 44% IN FEBRUARY 1992 OVER FEBRUARY 1991.

NOTABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORT VOLUME OF OFFICE MACHINE; TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT; AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1992 WITH FEBRUARY 1991, THE IMPORT PRICES

OF CONSUMER GOODS INCREASED BY 1%.

THE IMPORT

IMPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES DECREASED BY 30% AND 2% RESPECTIVELY, WHILE THOSE OF FOODSTUFFS AND CAPITAL GOODS WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF RE-EXPORT'S BY END-USE CATEGORY FOR FEBRUARY 1992 AS COMPARED WITH FEBRUARY 1991 ARE SHOWN IN TABLE 3.

COMPARING FEBRUARY 1992 WITH FEBRUARY 1991, THE VOLUME OF RE- EXPORTS OF ALL END-USE CATEGORIES INCREASED RAW MATERIALS AND SEMI- MANUFACTURES (+80%); FUELS (+67% ) ; FOODSTUFFS (+59%); CAPITAL GOODS (+54%); AND CONSUMER GOODS (+43%).

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS OF CONSUMER GOODS, FOODSTUFFS AND CAPITAL GOODS INCREASED BY 3%, 1% RESPECTIVELY.

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RE-EXPORT PRICES OF FUELS AND RAW MATERIAL AND SEMI-

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