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SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1977

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES ON THE OTHER HAND, ACHIEVED VERY IMPRESSIVE GROWTH RATES, WITH INCREASES OF EXPORTS TO EGYPT AT 320 PER CENT (+ $47 MILLION) AND IRAN AT 165 PER CENT (+ $61 MILLION).

AN ANALYSIS OF THE SIGNIFICANT CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS PRESENTED BELOW:

JAN-JULY 1976

(HK3 MN)

JAN-JULY 1977

(HK$ MN)

INCREASE/DECREASE

(HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CLOTHING

8,084

7,697

-

387

-

4.8%

MISCELLAN-

2,456

3,280

+ 824

+33.6%

EOUS

MANUFACTU-

RED ARTICLES

(MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

ELECTRICAL

2,108

2,825

+ 718

+34.0%

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS

AND

APPLIANCES

(MAINLY

ALL

TRANSISTOR IZED

RADIOS AND

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS)

TEXTILE

1,769

1,469

301

-17.0%

YARN.

FABRICS,

MADE-UP

ARTICLES

AND RELATED

PRODUCTS

PROFESSION-

772

1,046

+ 274

+35.4%

AL, SCIENT-

IFIC AND

CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS

PHOTOGRAPHIC AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS

/MANUFACTURES