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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1978
SKIPMENTS OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ($1,547 MILLION, +33 PER CENT) FABRICS ($318 MILLION, +31 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($201 MILLION, +99 PER CENT) TO THE UNITED KINGDOM ALSO ROSE.
DELIVERIES APPAREL AND CLOTHING TO JAPAN, AT $422 MILLION, INCREASED BY 27 PER CENT AND THOSE TO SINGAPORE, AT $105 MILLION, INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT. AS FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS, THE RISE IN SHIPMENTS TO JAPAN WAS 80 PER CENT, REACHING $93 MILLION WHILE THAT TO SINGAPORE WAS 34 PER CENTG, REACHING $63 MILLION.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW:
PERCENTAGE
JAN.-OCT.77
JAN.-OCT.78
INCREASE/
DECREASE
(HK$ MN.)
(HK$ MN.)
(HK$ MN.)
CHANGE
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND
11,227
12,675
+1,448
+13
CLOTHING ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS 4,721
5,347
626
+13
AND DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS
OPTICAL GOODS,
1,648
2,518
870
+53
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING
AND REPRODUCING
2,288
2,272
15
1
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,
MADE-UP ARTICLES
2,174
2,242
67
3
AND RELATED
PRODUCTS
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
(MAINLY TRANSISTORS,
1,411
1,704
292
+21
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN EXPORTS OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ($12,675 MILLION, +13 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2,093 MILLION, +61 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($1,695 MILLION, +10 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($888 MILLION, +19 PER CENT) AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($739 MILLION, +27 PER CENT). THESE INCREASES HAD MORE THAN OFFSET THE DECLINES IN EXPORTS OF RADIO RECEIVERS ($1,240 MILLION, -30 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN ($290 MILLION, -18 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES ($257 MILLION, -8 PER CENT) AND PROFESSIONAL INSTRUMENTS ($102 MILLION, -31 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES.