SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1982
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MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $20 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $52 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (DECLINED BY $111 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $19 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).
SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $236 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $161 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO AUSTRALIA (BY $39 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).
AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS PRESENTED BELOW 1
INCREASE/
JAN.-JUNE 1982 JAN.-JUNE 1981
HK$ MN)
(HK$ MN)
DECREASE
(HK$ MN)
PERCENTAGE CHANGE
ARTICLES OF
13 049
12 402
647
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APPAREL AND
CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
6 988
5 476
+1 512
+ 28
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES
(MAINLY PLASTIC
TOYS AND DOLLS)
PHOTOGRAPHIC
3 426
3 655
229
6
APPARATUS,
OPTICAL GOODS,
WATCHES AND
CLOCKS
ELECTRICAL
2 965
2 576
389
+ 15
MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND
APPLIANCES
{MAINLY
TRANSISTORS
AND DIODES
AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
TELECOMMUNICATIONS
AND SOUND
RECORDING AND
2 658
2 416
242
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REPRODUCING
APPARATUS AND
EQUIPMENT
TEXTILE YARN,
2 402
2 401
FABRICS, MADE-UP
ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
INSIGNI- FICANT
* LESS THAN HK$0.5 MILLION
THE CHANGES