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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1981
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $278 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $191 MILLION OR 283 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $171 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT) TO CHINA.
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW:
JAN-SEPT 81
(HK$ MN)
JAN-SEPT 80
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
20 351
17 139
+3 212
+19
MISCELLANEOUS MANU-
FACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
9 521
8 353
+1 168
+14
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND CLOCKS
5 824
4 981
843
+17
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
4 234
3 261
973
+30
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
SOUND RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT
3 993
3 675
318
+9
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS
MADE-UP ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
3 825
3 270
555
+17
THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:
JAN-SEPT 81
(HK$ MN)
JAN-SEPT 80
(HK$ MN)
INCREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
JAPAN
23 505
18 166
+5 339
+29
CHINA
20 952
15 273
+5 679
+37
U.S.A.
10 816
9 854
+ 962
+10
TAIWAN
7 856
5 557
+2 299
+41
SINGAPORE
7 732
5 371
+2 361
+44
U.K.
4 477
3 876
+ 601
+16
REPUBLIC OF KOREA
4 072
2 666
+1 406
+53
(SOUTH KOREA)
F.R. OF GERMANY
2 485
2 157
328
+15
SWITZERLAND
2 122
2 055
67
+ 3
AUSTRALIA
1 492
1 212
280
+23
/LOCAL DEMAND