MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1979
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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN CLOTHING ($2 301 MILLION, + 47 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($402 MILLION, +44 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($278 MILLION,163 PER CENT).
DEMAND IN THE UK REMAINED ACTIVE FOR CLOTHING ($1 859
+ MILLION, + 58 PER CENT), TEXTILES ($375 MILLION, 53 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($252 MILLION, 114 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($221 MILLION, + 73 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN EXPORTS OF CLOTHING ($503 MILLION, + 86 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($142 MILLION, 105 PER CENT) TO JAPAN, TEXTILES ($273 MILLION, + 29 PER CENT) TO AUSTRALIA, AND CLOTHING ($403 MILLION, 18 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($66 MILLION, + 110 PER CENT) TO CANADA.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS SHOWN AS FOLLOWS :-
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
-
JAN AUG 79 (HK$ MN)
JAN - AUG 78 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
12 772
9 831
+ 2 941
+ 30
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
PLASTIC TOYS
AND DOLLS)
5 785
4 106
+ 1 679
+ 41
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS, OPTICAL
GOODS, WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
2 937
1 817
+ 1 120
+ 62
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS, MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
2 479
1 697
782
+ 46
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
2 365
1 748
617
+ 35
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