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MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1978

SKIPMENTS OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ($1,547 MILLION, +33 PER CENT) FABRICS ($318 MILLION, +31 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($201 MILLION, +99 PER CENT) TO THE UNITED KINGDOM ALSO ROSE.

DELIVERIES APPAREL AND CLOTHING TO JAPAN, AT $422 MILLION, INCREASED BY 27 PER CENT AND THOSE TO SINGAPORE, AT $105 MILLION, INCREASED BY 28 PER CENT. AS FOR WATCHES AND CLOCKS, THE RISE IN SHIPMENTS TO JAPAN WAS 80 PER CENT, REACHING $93 MILLION WHILE THAT TO SINGAPORE WAS 34 PER CENTG, REACHING $63 MILLION.

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

PERCENTAGE

JAN.-OCT.77

JAN.-OCT.78

INCREASE/

DECREASE

(HK$ MN.)

(HK$ MN.)

(HK$ MN.)

CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND

11,227

12,675

+1,448

+13

CLOTHING ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS 4,721

5,347

626

+13

AND DOLLS)

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS

OPTICAL GOODS,

1,648

2,518

870

+53

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

2,288

2,272

15

1

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES

2,174

2,242

67

3

AND RELATED

PRODUCTS

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

(MAINLY TRANSISTORS,

1,411

1,704

292

+21

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN EXPORTS OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ($12,675 MILLION, +13 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($2,093 MILLION, +61 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($1,695 MILLION, +10 PER CENT), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT ($888 MILLION, +19 PER CENT) AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($739 MILLION, +27 PER CENT). THESE INCREASES HAD MORE THAN OFFSET THE DECLINES IN EXPORTS OF RADIO RECEIVERS ($1,240 MILLION, -30 PER CENT), TEXTILE YARN ($290 MILLION, -18 PER CENT), TEXTILE MADE-UP ARTICLES ($257 MILLION, -8 PER CENT) AND PROFESSIONAL INSTRUMENTS ($102 MILLION, -31 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES.