THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1978
6
FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, EXPORTS OF APPAREL ROSE BY 30 PER CENT IN VALUE TO $1,351 MILLION. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN SALES OF TEXTILE FABRICS ($272 MILLION, +25 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($161 MILLION, +97 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING EQUIPMENT ($142 MILLION, +51 PER CENT).
EXPORTS TO JAPAN WERE BOOSTED BY CLOTHING ($348 MILLION, +20 PER CENT)AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($81 MILLION, +81 PER CENT).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW:
JAN.-SEPT.77 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-SEPT.78
INCREASE
(HK$ MN)
DECREASE
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
(HK$ MN)
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
10,155
11,243
+1,088
+11%
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
PLASTIC TOYS AND
DOLLS)
4,247
4,725
478
+11%
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS, OPTICAL
GOODS, WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
1,405
2,138
733
+52%
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING
AND REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
2,063
2,003
60
3%
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS, MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
1,955
1,963
ON
9
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
(MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
1,247
1,510
263
+21%
BY COMMODITY, PROMINENT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN EXPORT$ OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($11,243 MILLION, +11 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,765 MILLION, +61 PER CENT), HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($549 MILLION, +32 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS AND HAND BAGS ($653 MILLION, +24 PER CENT) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FOR COMPUTERS ($519 MILLION, +38 PER CENT).
HOWEVER, EXPORTS OF RADIO RECEIVERS ($1,100 MILLION, 3 PER CENT) AND PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT ($94 MILLION, -29 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES