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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1978

AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY CLASSIFICATION IS AS FOLLOWS:

JAN.-JULY 77

JAN.-JULY 78 (HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

INCREASE/ PERCENTAGE DECREASE (HK$ MN)

CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

7,697

8,204

+ 507

+

7%

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

3,132

3,397

+ 265

8%

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

PHOTOGRAPHIC

1,020

1,509

+ 489

+ 48%

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS,

1,556

1,476

80

5%

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

1,493

1,455

38

3%

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY

941

1,102

+ 161

+ 17%

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

(MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE

EQUIPMENT)

BY COMMODITY, THE INCREASE IN VALUE WAS HIGHEST FOR APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES WHEREAS THAT IN PERCENTAGE TERMS WAS HIGHEST FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,234 MILLION, +56 %). ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD TYPE ÉQUIPMENT ($397 MILLION, +33%) AS WELL AS PLASTIC ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS ($242 MILLION, +26%) ALSO SHOWED PROMINENT ADVANCES.

HOWEVER, THE EXPORTS OF RADIO RECEIVERS

($818 MILLION, -31%) AND TEXTILE YARN (0196 MILLION, -16%) REGISTERED SIGNIFICANT DECLINES.

THE CHANGES.....