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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1978

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FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM, EXPORTS OF APPAREL ROSE BY 30 PER CENT IN VALUE TO $1,351 MILLION. INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN SALES OF TEXTILE FABRICS ($272 MILLION, +25 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($161 MILLION, +97 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING EQUIPMENT ($142 MILLION, +51 PER CENT).

EXPORTS TO JAPAN WERE BOOSTED BY CLOTHING ($348 MILLION, +20 PER CENT)AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($81 MILLION, +81 PER CENT).

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

JAN.-SEPT.77 (HK$ MN)

JAN.-SEPT.78

INCREASE

(HK$ MN)

DECREASE

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

(HK$ MN)

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

10,155

11,243

+1,088

+11%

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS AND

DOLLS)

4,247

4,725

478

+11%

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

1,405

2,138

733

+52%

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

2,063

2,003

60

3%

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS, MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

1,955

1,963

ON

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ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

(MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

1,247

1,510

263

+21%

BY COMMODITY, PROMINENT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN EXPORT$ OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($11,243 MILLION, +11 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($1,765 MILLION, +61 PER CENT), HOUSEHOLD TYPE ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES ($549 MILLION, +32 PER CENT), TRAVEL GOODS AND HAND BAGS ($653 MILLION, +24 PER CENT) AND ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS FOR COMPUTERS ($519 MILLION, +38 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, EXPORTS OF RADIO RECEIVERS ($1,100 MILLION, 3 PER CENT) AND PROFESSIONAL SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENT ($94 MILLION, -29 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES