THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1982
MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $21 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $49 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (DECLINED BY $113 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $10 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT). SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS
TO CHINA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $217 MILLION OR 161 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES ($132 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT) AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES TO AUSTRALIA (BY $39 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW :-
INCREASE,
JAN.-MAY 1982 JAN.-MAY 1981
(HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
DECREASE (HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
10 450
9 943
+
507
+ 5
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
5 578
4 304
+1 274
+30
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
PLASTIC TOYS AND
DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
2 884
3 053
169
- 6
APPARATUS
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
ELECTRICAL
2 469
2 061
408
+20
MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
TRANSISTORS AND
APPLIANCES (MAINLY
DIODES AND
HOUSEHOLD TYPE
APPLIANCES)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND RECORDING
AND REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
TEXTILE YARN,
FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
2 232
1 962
270
+14
2 016
1 952
63
+ 3
THE CHANGES