XN000022-1979-05-20 — Page 4

SUNDAY, MAY 20, 1979

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INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING ($113 MILLION, + 51 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($58 MILLION, * 163 PER CENT) TO JAPAN,

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THERE WAS A DECREASE IN SALES OF CLOTHING ($97 MILLION THREE PER CENT) TO AUSTRALIA BUT THIS WAS MORE THAN OFFSET BY THE INCREASE IN OTHER PRODUCTS, IN PARTICULAR, TEXTILES ($93 MILLION, + 42 PER CENT).

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

JAN-MAR 79

(HK$ MN)

JAN-MAR 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE

(HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

3,718

2,857

+ 861

+ 30

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

1,590

1,174

+ 416

+ 35

PLASTIC TOYS AND

DOLLS)

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

835

591

+ 244

+41

GOODS, WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS MADE-UP

792

572

+ 220

+ 38

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

RECORDING AND

689

558

+ 131

→ 23

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS

ELECTRICAL

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

590

427

+ 163

38

DIODES AND

HOUSE-HOLD TYPE

APPLIANCES)

INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($701 MILLION, +46 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS ($621 MILLION, + 46 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS ($579 MILLION, + 41 PER CENT), RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS ($339 MILLION, + 11 PER CENT), AND TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS ($231 MILLION + 36 PER CENT). HOWEVER, A SLIGHT DECLINE WAS RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS ($171 MILLION, FOUR PER CENT).

THE CHANGES