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TUESDAY, JUNE 16, 1981
SIGN IF ICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $67 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $98 MILLION OR 436 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $58 MILLION OR 132 PER CENT) TO CHINA.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW:
INCREASE/ DECREASE
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAN-APR 81 (HK$ MN.)
JAN-APR 80 (HK$ MN.)
(HK$ MN.)
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
7 568
6 349
+1 219
+19
MISCELLANEOUS MANU-
FACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
3 170
3 066
104
+ 3
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
2 348
1 810
+
538
+30
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
(MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
1 551
1 244
307
+25
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,
MADE-UP ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
1 520
1 443
77
+ 5
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS
AND EQUIPMENT
1 510
1 529
19
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THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE UMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:
JAN-APR 81
(HK$ MN.)
JAN-APR 80
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE
(HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE
CHANGE
JAPAN CHINA
10 232
7 481
+2 751
+37
8 320
6 086
+2 234
+37
US A
4 537
3 975
562
+14
TAIWAN
3 408
2 369
+1 039
+44
SINGAPORE
3 007
2 265
742
+33
UK
1 878
1 652
226
+14
SOUTH KOREA
1 795
1 113
682
+61
FR OF GERMANY
1 075
995
80
+ 8
SWITZERLAND
970
883
87
+10
THAILAND
598
566
32
/LOCAL DEMAND