TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1979
BUT DECLINES WERE RECORDED IN DELIVERIES OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($1,192 MILLION, -TWO PER CENT) AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS ($476 MILLION, 8 PER CENT).
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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. WERE BOOSTED BY INCREASES IN ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($1,904 MILLION, +24 PER CENT), TEXTILE PRODUCTS ($471 MILLION, +30 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($262 MILLION, +86 PER CENT).
EXPORTS TO THE F.R. OF GERMANY SHOWED A GROWTH OF 21 PER CENT DURING THE YEAR. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN SHIPMENTS OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($2,608 MILLION, +19 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT ($480 MILLION, +13 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($207 MILLION, +129 PER CENT).
RISES IN SHIPMENTS OF CLOTHING ($537 MILLION, +34 PER CENT) AND WATCHES ($125 MILLION, +81 PER CENT) TO JAPAN HAD LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL INCREASE OF 34 PER CENT IN EXPORT SALES TO JAPAN FOR 1978.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS PRESENTED BELOW:
1977 (HK$ MN)
1978
INCREASE
(HK$ MN) (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
13,908
15,709
+1,800
+13
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
PLASTIC TOYS
AND DOLLS)
5,734 6,634
901
+16
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS,
OPTICAL
GOODS, WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
2,131
3,263
+1,132
+53
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS. MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
2,696 2,869
+ 173
+6
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT
2,769 2,819
50
+2
/ELECTRICAL