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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. ALSO SHOWED REMARKABLE INCREASES, PARTICULARLY IN CLOTHING ($1 582 MILLION, +60%), TEXTILES ($313 MILLION, +54%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($202 MILLION, +115%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($183 MILLION, +84%).
INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN SHIPMENTS OF CLOTHING ($384 MILLION, +89%) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($125 MILLION, +115%) TO JAPAN AND IN TEXTILES ($235 MILLION, +32%) TO AUSTRALIA.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED AS FOLLOWS I
JAN.-JULY 79 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-JULY 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
10 629
8 204
+2 425
+30
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
PLASTIC TOYS AND
DOLLS)
4 736
3 397
+1 339
+39
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
2 439
1 509
930
+62
TEXTILE YARN.
FABRICS, MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
2. 099
1 455
644
+44
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
1 944
1 476
468
+32
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND
HOUSEHOLD TYPE
APPLIANCES)
1 633
1 102
531
+48
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