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SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1980
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING (BY $488 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $92 MİLLION OR 43 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $60 MILLION OR 70 PER CENT) TO THE WEST GERMAN MARKET.
AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UK, INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $181 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $66 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $74 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND THE IR PREPARATIONS (BY $71 MILLION OR 38 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $75 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW:
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
JAN. - JULY 80 (HK$ MN.)
JAN. JULY 79 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN.)
CHANGE
AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES
12 785
10 629
+ 2 156
+ 20
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
PLASTIC TOYS AND
DOLLS)
6 189
4 736
+ 1 453
+ 31
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS, OPTICAL
GOODS, WATCHES
AND CLOCKS
3 605
2 439
+1 166
48
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING
AND REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
2 781
1 944
837
+ 43
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,
MADE-UP ARTICLES
AND RELATED PRODUCTS
2 497
2 099
398
+ 19
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
2 419
1 633
786
+ 48
/THE CHANGES