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MONDAY, JULY 14, 1980
INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE WEST GERMAN MARKET WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $314 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $68 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $46 MILLION OR 75 PER CENT).
GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UK MARKET WAS RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $116 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $69 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $50 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT).
THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. MARKED DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS (BY $51 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $48 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $6 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT).
THE ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS:
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL AND
JAN - MAY 80
(HK$ MN.)
JAN - MAY 79
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
CLOTHING
8 430
6 909
+ 1 521
+ 22
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND
4 065
3 044
+ 1 021
+ 34
DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS.
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES
2 433
1 585
848
+ 54
AND CLOCKS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING
1 936
1 255
681
+ 54
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS. MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
1 793
1 461
332
+ 23
RELATED PRODUCTS
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