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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1981
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF CLOTHING (BY $277 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $227 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT), AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $123 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT).
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $94 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $103 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT). THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $21 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $335 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $209 MILLION OR 241 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $205 MILLION OR 148 PER CENT) TO CHINA,
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW:
JAN-OCT 81 HK$ MN)
JAN-OCT 80 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE PERCENTAGE
(HK$ MN) CHANGE
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
22 877
19 081
+3 796
+20
MISCELLANEOUS MANU-
FACTURED ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
10 831
9 274
+1 557
+17
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS, OPTICAL
GOODS, WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
6 612
5 731
881
+15
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
4798
3 693
+1 105
+30
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING
AND REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
4 553
4 154
399
+10
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,
MADE-UP ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS 4 331
3 669
662
+18
/THE CHANGES