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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1981
AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE V.K., INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $370 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $63 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN TEXTILES (BY $137 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT).
THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $57 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT), FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS (BY 375 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $91 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS :
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLES
MANUFACTURED
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
1980
(HK$ MN.)
1979 (HK$ MN.)
INCREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
23 258
20 131
+3 127
+ 16
11 020
9 454
+1 566
+ 17
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS,
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
7 119
5 126
+1 993
+ 39
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
5 030
4 063
967
+ 24
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS,
MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
4 535
4 065
470
+ 12
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES
(MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND
HOUSEHOLD TYPE
APPLIANCES)
4 490
3 235
+1 255
+ 39
THE CHANGES