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MONDAY, OCTOBER 15, 1979

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DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY CONTINUED TO INCREASE IN CLOTHING ($2 301 MILLION, + 47 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($402 MILLION, +44 PER CENT) AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($278 MILLION,163 PER CENT).

DEMAND IN THE UK REMAINED ACTIVE FOR CLOTHING ($1 859

+ MILLION, + 58 PER CENT), TEXTILES ($375 MILLION, 53 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT ($252 MILLION, 114 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($221 MILLION, + 73 PER CENT).

INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN EXPORTS OF CLOTHING ($503 MILLION, + 86 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($142 MILLION, 105 PER CENT) TO JAPAN, TEXTILES ($273 MILLION, + 29 PER CENT) TO AUSTRALIA, AND CLOTHING ($403 MILLION, 18 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS ($66 MILLION, + 110 PER CENT) TO CANADA.

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

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

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JAN AUG 79 (HK$ MN)

JAN - AUG 78 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

12 772

9 831

+ 2 941

+ 30

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

5 785

4 106

+ 1 679

+ 41

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

2 937

1 817

+ 1 120

+ 62

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS, MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

2 479

1 697

782

+ 46

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

2 365

1 748

617

+ 35

/ELECTRICAL MACHINERY