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THE DROP IN EXPORTS TO U.K. WERE MAINLY DUE TO REDUCED SALES OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($23 MILLION, -23.7 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (*33 MILLION, -16.5 PER CENT).
EXPORT SALES TO JAPAN AND SINGAPORE ROSE BY NINE PER CENT AND 12.8 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS AS FOLLOWS:-
JAN.-FEB. 1977
JAN.-FEB.
1978
(HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND
CLOTHING ACCESSORIES
1,987
1,808
-179
—
- 9.0%
MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
769
744
-
- 25
-
- 3.2
PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,
OPTICAL GOODS.
241
372
+131
+54.2%
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
TEXTILE YARN. FABRICS.
+
MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS
408
352
- 55
-13.69
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
SOUND RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING APPARATUS
404
347
-
56
-13.9%
AND EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
(MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND
253
265
+ 13
+ 5.0%
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE EQUIPMENT)
THE IMPRESSIVE UPSURGE IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, OPTICAL GOODS AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS WAS MAINLY ATTRIBUTED TO INCREASED EXPORTS CF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (3304 MILLION, +64.4 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, EXPORTS OF OTHER MAJOR ITEMS FELL SIGNIFICANTLY= APPAREL ARTICLES ($1,808 MILLION, -2 PER CENT) TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE UP AND RELATED PRODUCTS ($352 MILLION, -13.6 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($259 MILLION, -14.1 PER CENT), RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS (3188 MILLION, -39.6 PER CENT).
/THE CHANGES