THISDAY, APRIL 17, 1979
JANUARY 79 (HK3 MN)
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JANUARY 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
U.S.A.
1,237
996
+ 241
+ 24
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
GERMANY
470
287
+ 183
+ 64
UNITED KINGDOM
448
214
+ 234
+109
JAPAN
186
111
75
+ 68
AUSTRALIA
155
135
20
+ 15
CANADA
SINGAPORE
112
8.4
28
+ 33
100
82
18
+ 21
NETHERLANDS
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
99
62
37
+ 59
73
32
41
+127
70
62
8
+ 12
AN INCREASE OF 24 PER CENT WAS RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO U.S.A., DUE MAINLY TO INCREASED SHIPMENTS OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($449 MILLION, + 26 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($107 MILLION, 65 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($64 MILLION, + 54 PER CENT).
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ON THE OTHER HAND, SLIGHT DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN SALES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($54 MILLION, FOUR PER CENT), RADIO RECEIVERS ($38 MILLION, EIGHT PER CENT) AND PLASTIC ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS ($21 MILLION, 18 PER CENT) TO THAT COUNTRY.
THE INCREASES IN EXPORT SALES TO THE F.R. OF GERMANY, U.K. AND JAPAN WERE ACCOUNTED FOR CHIEFLY BY SHIPMENTS OF CLOTHING WHICH INCREASED BY 81 PER CENT, 138 PER CENT AND 95 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS AS FOLLOWS:-
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS MANU-
FACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
JANUARY 79 (HK$ MN)
JANUARY 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
1,459
964
+ 495
+ 51
631
444
+ 187
+ 42
/PHOTOT