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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1980
JAN-AUG 80
JAN-AUG 79
INCREASE/ DECREASE
PERCENTAGE
(HK$ M.)
(HK$ M.)
(HK$ M.)
CHANGE
U.S.A.
14 919
11 635
+3 284
+28
F.R. OF GERMANY
4 844
3 889
955
+25
U.K.
4 284
3 715
569
+15
JAPAN
1 457
1 706
249
-15
AUSTRALIA
1 260
1 095
165
+15
SINGAPORE
1 159
893
266
+30
CANADA
1 129
1 019
110
+11
NETHERLANDS
1 028
855
173
+20
CHINA
925
269
656
+244
FRANCE
857
566
291
+51
GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. REMAINED STRONG, WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN CLOTHING (BY $884 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $465 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $383 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $319 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $267 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING (BY $552 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $85 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $72 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) TO THE WEST GERMAN MARKET.
AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K., INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $203 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $57 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED
IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $88 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).
THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCs, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS (BY $75 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $91 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).
/PHD FOLLOWING