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SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1978

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

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

JAN.-MAY 77 (HK$ MN.)

JAN.-MAY 78 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

+

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

5,071

5,371

+ '300

6%

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES ·

(MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

2,070

2,233

164

8%

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

677

1,033

355

52%

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

1,047

1,023

23

2%

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

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AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

1,032

1,010

22

2%

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND DIODES

AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE

EQUIPMENT)

645

761

116

+

18%

IN TERMS OF INDIVIDUAL COMMODITIES, ABOUT HALF OF THE INCREASE IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS ATTRIBUTED TO HIGHER EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($836 MILLION, + 60 PER CENT) AND ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($5,371 MILLION, SIX PER CENT).

SALES OF TEXTILE PRODUCTS SHOWED SOME GRADUAL IMPROVEMENT OVER THE SIGNIFICANT DECLINES RECORDED IN EARLIER MONTHS OF THE YEAR,

DEMAND FOR RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS ($561 MILLION, - 29 PER CENT) RETREATED CONSIDERABLY DUE TO A SHRINKAGE OF DELIVERIES TO THE U.S.

INCREASED SHIPMENTS OF PLASTIC ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS ($166 MILLION, + 33 PER CENT) OUTWEIGHED THE DECLINE IN EXPORTS OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($808 MILLION, - FOUR PER CENT).

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