N
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 1979
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED, MAINLY IN CLOTHING
($298 MILLION, + 86 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($109 MILLION, + 125 PER CENT).
SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN SHIPMENTS OF CLOTHING ($254 MILLION, 52 PER CENT) TO THE NETHERLANDS AND TEXTILES ($200 MILLION, 34 PER CENT) TO AUSTRALIA.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED AS FOLLOWS-
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAN-JUNE 79
(HK$ MN)
JAN-JUNE 78
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
8,679
6,761
+ 1,918
+ 28
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
3,828
2,773
+ 1,055
+ 38
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
PLASTIC TOYS AND
DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
2,000
1,265
735
+ 58
APPARATUS,
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
TEXTILE YARN,
1,761
1,229
532
+ 43
FABRICS, MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
1,575
1,232
343
+ 28
AND SOUND
EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, 1,341
931
410
+44
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND
HOUSEHOLD TYPE
APPLIANCES)
PROMINENT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,694 MILLION, 65 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($1,446 MİLLİON, 41 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($1,359 MILLIÓN, + 49 PER CENT) AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($479 MILLION, +46 PER CENT).
THE CHANGES