FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1977
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS PRESENTED AS FOLLOWS:
JAN.- SEPT. 76
JAN.- SEPT. 77
(HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE/
DECREASE
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
CLOTHING
10,722
10,155
-
567
-
5.3%
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY PLASTIC
3,407
4,442
+1,035
+30.4%
TOYS AND DOLLS)
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
(MAINLY TRANS ISTORIZED
2,917
3,762
845
+29.0%
RADIOS AND ELECTRONIC
COMPONENTS)
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,
MADE-UP ARTICLES AND
2,298
1,921
377
-16.4%
RELATED PRODUCTS
PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC
AND CONTROLLING
INSTRUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHIC
1,055
1,441
386
+36.6%
AND OPTICAL GOODS.
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
MANUFACTURES OF METAL,
N.E.S. (MAINLY TRAVEL
GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES)
607
710
+ 104
+17.1%
THE MORE REMARKABLE INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OCCURED LARGELY IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (+ $560 MILLION OR + 44.3%), ALL TRANSISTOR IZED RADIOS (+ $253 MILLION OR 19.1%), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS (+ $167 MILLION OR + 50.1%) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ $296 MILLION OR 36.9%).
+
IN CONTRAST WITH THESE GROWTH RATES, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING AND TEXTILES DECLINED BY 5.3% (- $567 MILLION) AND 16.4% (- $377 MILLION) RESPECTIVELY.
/THE CHANGES