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THISDAY, APRIL 17, 1979

JANUARY 79 (HK3 MN)

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO 10 MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JANUARY 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

U.S.A.

1,237

996

+ 241

+ 24

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF

GERMANY

470

287

+ 183

+ 64

UNITED KINGDOM

448

214

+ 234

+109

JAPAN

186

111

75

+ 68

AUSTRALIA

155

135

20

+ 15

CANADA

SINGAPORE

112

8.4

28

+ 33

100

82

18

+ 21

NETHERLANDS

SWEDEN

SWITZERLAND

99

62

37

+ 59

73

32

41

+127

70

62

8

+ 12

AN INCREASE OF 24 PER CENT WAS RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO U.S.A., DUE MAINLY TO INCREASED SHIPMENTS OF ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES ($449 MILLION, + 26 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($107 MILLION, 65 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($64 MILLION, + 54 PER CENT).

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ON THE OTHER HAND, SLIGHT DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN SALES OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($54 MILLION, FOUR PER CENT), RADIO RECEIVERS ($38 MILLION, EIGHT PER CENT) AND PLASTIC ARTIFICIAL FLOWERS ($21 MILLION, 18 PER CENT) TO THAT COUNTRY.

THE INCREASES IN EXPORT SALES TO THE F.R. OF GERMANY, U.K. AND JAPAN WERE ACCOUNTED FOR CHIEFLY BY SHIPMENTS OF CLOTHING WHICH INCREASED BY 81 PER CENT, 138 PER CENT AND 95 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.

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

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS MANU-

FACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS)

JANUARY 79 (HK$ MN)

JANUARY 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

1,459

964

+ 495

+ 51

631

444

+ 187

+ 42

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