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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. ROSE BY 12 PER CENT. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $299 MILLION OR 121 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES BY $191 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $83 MILLION OR 4 PER CENT). DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (BY $22 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $176 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT).
INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $35 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $14 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS DECLINED BY $26 MILLION OR 32 PER CENT.
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $22 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (DECLINED BY $97 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $12 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $163 MILLION OR 211 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $66 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES TO AUSTRALIA (BY $32 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW &
JAN.-MAR. 1982 (HK$ MN)
JAN.-MAR. 1981 (HK$ MN)
INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
ARTICLES
OF APPAREL
5 843
5 669
+174
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSOR IES
MISCELLANEOUS 3 024
2 246
+778
+35
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS,
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
1 730
1 686
+ 44
+ 3
OPTICAL GOODS,
/ELECTRICAL