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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1980
AUSTRALIA
318
245
73
30
JAPAN
315
320
5
2
NETHERLANDS
241
163
+
78
48
SINGAPORE
235
171
64
37
CANADA
225
187
38
20
CHINA
187
30
+ 157
+ 523
SWITZERLAND
176
105
71
68
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO USA WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $268 MILLION OR 37%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $75 MILLION OR 45%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $68 MILLION OR 56%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $60 MILLION OR 50%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $58 MILLION OR 54%).
INCREASED DELIVERIES TO WEST GERMANY WERE RECORDED CHIEFLY IN CLOTHING (BY $235 MILLION OR 52%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $29 MILLION OR 56%) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $29 MILLION OR 35%).
INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. PARTICULARLY OF CLOTHING (BY $121 MILLION OR 31%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $40 MILLION OR 109%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $11 MILLION OR 31%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN DELIVERIES OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $2 MILLION ÖR 2%).
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN SHOWED AN OVERALL DECREASE OF $5 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT, MAINLY IN FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS (BY $16 MILLION OR 34%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $2 MILLION OR 6%), AND CLOTHING (BY $1 MILLION OR 2%).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED AS FOLLOWS:
JAN-FEB 80 (HK$ MN)
JAN-FEB 79 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
3 234
2 306
+ 928
40
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND
DOLLS)
1 433
987
+ 446
45
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