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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1979
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. CONTINUED ON AN UPWARD TREND, IN PARTICULAR, FOR CLOTHING (INCREASED BY $795 MILLION OR 51%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $203 MILLION OR 125%), TEXTILES (BY $148 MILLION OR 44%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $99 MILLION OR 49%).
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS TO JAPAN ALSO SHOWED INCREASES OF $281 MILLION OR 67% AND $80 MILLION OR 86% RESPECTIVELY.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED AS FOLLOWS.-
JAN.-OCT. 79 (HK$ M.)
JAN.-OCT. 78 (HK$ M.)
INCREASE PERCENTAGE
CHANGE (HK$ M.)
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
16 348
12 675
+ 3 673
+ 29%
ACCESSOR IES
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
7 644
5 347
+ 2 297
+ 43%
TOYS AND DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS. OPTICAL
4 028
2 518
+ 1 510
+ 60%
GOODS, WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES
3 226
2 242
984
+ 44%
AND RELATED PRODUCTS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
SOUND RECORDING AND
3 201
2 272
929
+ 41%
REPRODUCING APPARATUS
AND EQUIPMENT
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
2 608
1 704
904
+ 53%
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
REMARKABLE INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 311 MILLION OR 63%), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $863 MILLION OR 41%). TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $773 MILLION OR 46%), ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD TYPE EQUIPMENT (BY $345 MILLION OR 55%), AND TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES (BY $138 MILLION OR 54%).
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