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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1977

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

JAN.- SEPT. 76

JAN.- SEPT. 77

(HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

INCREASE/

DECREASE

(HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

CLOTHING

10,722

10,155

-

567

-

5.3%

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY PLASTIC

3,407

4,442

+1,035

+30.4%

TOYS AND DOLLS)

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

(MAINLY TRANS ISTORIZED

2,917

3,762

845

+29.0%

RADIOS AND ELECTRONIC

COMPONENTS)

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

2,298

1,921

377

-16.4%

RELATED PRODUCTS

PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC

AND CONTROLLING

INSTRUMENTS, PHOTOGRAPHIC

1,055

1,441

386

+36.6%

AND OPTICAL GOODS.

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

MANUFACTURES OF METAL,

N.E.S. (MAINLY TRAVEL

GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR ARTICLES)

607

710

+ 104

+17.1%

THE MORE REMARKABLE INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OCCURED LARGELY IN PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (+ $560 MILLION OR + 44.3%), ALL TRANSISTOR IZED RADIOS (+ $253 MILLION OR 19.1%), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS (+ $167 MILLION OR + 50.1%) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (+ $296 MILLION OR 36.9%).

+

IN CONTRAST WITH THESE GROWTH RATES, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING AND TEXTILES DECLINED BY 5.3% (- $567 MILLION) AND 16.4% (- $377 MILLION) RESPECTIVELY.

/THE CHANGES