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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1977

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE OTHER MAJOR MARKETS SUCH AS JAPAN, AUSTRALIA AND CANADA WERE ALSO DECLINING AT VARYING RATES. HOWEVER, THESE DECREASES WERE OFFSET BY THE DYNAMIC GROWTH RATES REGISTERED IN THE MIDDLE EAST COUNTRIES, WITH DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO NIGERIA GOING UP BY 46.7 PER CENT (+$81 MILLION), SAUDI ARABIA BY 49.6 PER CENT (+$75 MILLION), AND IRAN BY 167.7 PER CENT (+$72 MILLION).

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

JAN-AUG

1976

JAN-AUG

1977

INCREASE/

(HK$ MN) (HK$ MN)

DECREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CLOTHING

9,355

9,008

347

3.7%

MISCELLANEOUS

2,934

3,913

+ 979

+ 33.4%

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

ELECTRICAL

2,530

3,308

+ 778

+ 30.8%

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORIZED

RADIO AND

ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS)

TEXTILE YARD

2,028

1,701

- 327

16.1%

FABRICS, MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

PROFESSIONAL,

900

1,235

+ 335

+ 37.2%

SCIENTIFIC AND

CONTROLLING

INSTRUMENTS.

PHOTOGRAPHIČ

AND OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

MANUFACTURES OF

526

630

+ 104

+ 19.8%

METAL, N.E.S.

(MAINLY FINISHED

STRUCTURAL PARTS AND STRUCTURES AND TOOLS FOR USE IN THE HAND OR IN MACHINE)

/SUPPLIES