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November 1983

Import prices decline, export indexes mixed in the first 6 months of 1983

Mark Johnson

Lower oil prices and the strength of the dollar were major factors in import-export price developments during the first half of the year; the Nation's strong economic recovery relative to the performance abroad also affected U.S. foreign trade prices.

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