The High Commission for Planning (HCP), said that during the second quarter of 2021, the foreign trade indices (ICE) increased, year on year, with an increase of 9.7% of the import unit value index.
In an information note relating to ICEs, the HCP indicates that this evolution results mainly from the increase in unit values of “energy and lubricants” by 41.7%, of “semi-finished products” (9.5% ), “raw products of mineral origin” (40.3%), “food, beverages and tobacco” (7.4%), “finished consumer products” (2.4%) and “Raw products of animal and plant origin” (18.4%).
Regarding the export unit value index, an increase of 8.2% was noted during the second quarter of 2021 compared to the corresponding quarter of the previous year.
The HCP explains this increase mainly by the increase in unit values of “semi-finished products” by 36.5%, “crude products of mineral origin” (30.1%), “crude products of animal origin and plant ”(7.3%),“ energy and lubricants ”(8.1%) and“ finished agricultural equipment products ”(12.3%).
The indices of the average values of “finished consumer products”, “food, beverages and tobacco” and “finished industrial equipment products” have, for their part, decreased by 3%, 4.6% and 1 , 1% respectively, thus attenuating the increase in the overall index of unit values of exports.
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