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INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING ($176 MILLION, 81 PER CENT) TO JAPAN AND OF TEXTILES ($129 MILLION, + 34 PER CENT) TO AUSTRALIA.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS PRESENTED AS FOLLOWS:
JAN.-APR. 79
JAN.-APR. 78 (HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN) CHANGE
PERCENTAGE
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
5,190
4,048
+ 1,142
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ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
2,274
1,666
608
+ 36
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS
OPTICAL GOODS,
1,192
797
395
+ 50
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS, MADE-UP
1,141
782
359
+ 46
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
955
778
177
+ 23
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
828
583
245
+ 42
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($995 MILLION, + 55 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($890 MILLION, + 54 PER CENT), AND PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($828 MILLION, 41 PER CENT) SHOWED PROMINENT INCREASES. SALES OF RADIO RECEIVERS ($470 MILLION, + 10 PER CENT) PICKED UP GRADUALLY AFTER HAVING DECLINED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, SHIPMENTS OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($231 MILLION, THREE PER CENT), PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS ($24 MILLION, - 53 PER CENT) AS WELL AS CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS ($23 MILLION, PER CENT) CONTINUED ON A DOWNWARD TREND.
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