SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1979
3.
INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING ($113 MILLION, + 51 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($58 MILLION, * 163 PER CENT) TO JAPAN,
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THERE WAS A DECREASE IN SALES OF CLOTHING ($97 MILLION THREE PER CENT) TO AUSTRALIA BUT THIS WAS MORE THAN OFFSET BY THE INCREASE IN OTHER PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR, TEXTILES ($93 MILLION, + 42 PER CENT).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS PRESENTED AS FOLLOWS :-
JAN-MAR 79
(HK$ MN)
JAN-MAR 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
3,718
2,857
+ 861
+ 30
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
1,590
1,174
+ 416
+ 35
PLASTIC TOYS AND
DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS, OPTICAL
835
591
+ 244
+41
GOODS, WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS MADE-UP
792
572
+ 220
+ 38
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
689
558
+ 131
→ 23
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
590
427
+ 163
38
DIODES AND
HOUSE-HOLD TYPE
APPLIANCES)
INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($701 MILLION, +46 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($621 MILLION, + 46 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($579 MILLION, + 41 PER CENT), RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS ($339 MILLION, + 11 PER CENT), AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($231 MILLION + 36 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A SLIGHT DECLINE WAS RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($171 MILLION, FOUR PER CENT).
THE CHANGES