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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1981
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UK OF CLOTHING (BY $74 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $56 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), AS WELL AS PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $53 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).
AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FR OF GERMANY, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN CLOTHING (BY $26 MILLION OR TWO PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $10 MILLION OR 10 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 $31 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT, AND $48 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $92 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $119 MILLION OR 366 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $76 MILLION OR 129 PER CENT) TO CHINA.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW 1-
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
-
JAN MAY 81
(HK$ MN.)
JAN - MAY 80
(HK$ MN.)
INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN.)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
9 943
8 430
+1 513
+18
MISCELLANEOUS
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
4 304
4 065
+
239
6
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS,
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
3 053
2 433
620
+25
/ELECTRICAL