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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1979

BUT DECLINES WERE RECORDED IN DELIVERIES OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($1,192 MILLION, -TWO PER CENT) AND TEXTILE PRODUCTS ($476 MILLION, 8 PER CENT).

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. WERE BOOSTED BY INCREASES IN ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($1,904 MILLION, +24 PER CENT), TEXTILE PRODUCTS ($471 MILLION, +30 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($262 MILLION, +86 PER CENT).

EXPORTS TO THE F.R. OF GERMANY SHOWED A GROWTH OF 21 PER CENT DURING THE YEAR. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN SHIPMENTS OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($2,608 MILLION, +19 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS, SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING EQUIPMENT ($480 MILLION, +13 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($207 MILLION, +129 PER CENT).

RISES IN SHIPMENTS OF CLOTHING ($537 MILLION, +34 PER CENT) AND WATCHES ($125 MILLION, +81 PER CENT) TO JAPAN HAD LARGELY CONTRIBUTED TO THE OVERALL INCREASE OF 34 PER CENT IN EXPORT SALES TO JAPAN FOR 1978.

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

1977 (HK$ MN)

1978

INCREASE

(HK$ MN) (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

13,908

15,709

+1,800

+13

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

5,734 6,634

901

+16

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS,

OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

2,131

3,263

+1,132

+53

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS. MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

2,696 2,869

+ 173

+6

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

2,769 2,819

50

+2

/ELECTRICAL