THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1997
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $20 MILLION CR 13 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $33 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (DECLINED BY $78 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $11 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $206 MILLION OR 203 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $98 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES TO AUSTRALIA (BY $37 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW:-
INCREASE/
ARTICLES OF
APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
ARTICLES
JAN.-APR.1982
(HK$MN)
JAN.-APR.1981
(HK$MN)
DECREASE
(HK$MN)
8 036
7 568
468
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
MANUFACTURED
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
4 220
3 170
+1 050
+33
PHOTOGRAPHIC
APPARATUS,
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
2 340
2 348
3 INSIGNIFICANT
ELECTRICAL
MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES
(MAINLY
TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND
HOUSEHOLD TYPE
APPLIANCES)
1 930
1 551
379
+24
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
1 785
1 510
275
+18
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS, MADE-
UP ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS 1 600
1 520
80
5
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