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TUESDAY, MAY 16, 1978

AN ANALYSIS OF THE CHANGES IN EXPORTS EY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS AS FOLLOWS:-

JAN.-MAR. JAN.-MAR. INCREASE/

1977

1976

(HK MN.) (HKO MN.)

DECREASE PERCENTAGE (HKG MN.) CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND

CLOTHING ACCESSORIES

2,855

2,857

ليا

3

+ 0.1

MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS)

1,143

1,174

+ 26

+ 2.3

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,

OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

379

591

+212

+56.1%

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

609

572

38

- 6.27

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

603

558

-

45

7.5%

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND APPLICANCES

(MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE EQUIPMENT)

374

427

+ 53

+14.1

IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES, EXPORTS OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (411 MILLION, -9.6 PER CENT), RADIC RECEIVERS (307 MILLION, -32.2 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN (21 MILLION, -16.5 PER CENT) AND TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES (365 MILLION -16.2 PER CENT) DROPPED SUESTANTIALLY. THESE DECLINES WERE OFFSET BY A SIGNIFICANT UPSURGE IN EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (3480 MILLION. +67.6 PER CENT).

/THE CHANGES