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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1981
THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS WERE AS FOLLOWS:-
INCREASE/
JAN-MAR 81 (HK$ MN)
JAN-MAR 80 (HK$ MN)
DECREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
U.S.A.
5 361
4 352
+1 009
+23
F.R. OF GERMANY 1 606
1 616
10
- 1
U.K.
1 516
1 373
144
+10
JAPAN
555
498
57
+11
CHINA
552
305
248
+81
AUSTRAL FA
523
452
71
+16
CANADA
428
347
81
+23
SINGAPORE
376
369
7
+ 2
NETHERLANDS
370
349
21
+6
NIGER IA
323
198
125
+63
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $585 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS (BY $292 MILLION OR 140 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $165 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $68 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS DECLINED (BY $46 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).
AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE F.R. OF GERMANY, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN CLOTHING (BY $69 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $5 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS, AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DECLINED (BY $13 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT, AND $40 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY),
INCREASES WERE NOTED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. OF CLOTHING (BY $40 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $37 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT), AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $12 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $47 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $75 MILLION OR 525 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $45 MILLION OR 136 PER CENT) TO CHINA.
SAN ANALISIS