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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1979

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FR OF GERMANY STAYED FIRM. PROMINENT INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $783 MILLION OR 43%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $217 MILLION OR 174 %), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $155 MILLION OR 49%).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO UK WERE VERY REMARKABLE, PARTICULARLY, IN CLOTHING (BY $756 MILLION OR 56%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $167 MILLION OR 117%) TEXTILES (BY $139 MILLION OR 48%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS BY $94 MILLION OR 59%).

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING (BY $274 MILLION OR 79%) TO JAPAN, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (BY $55 MILLION OR 82%) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $47 MILLION OR 121%) TO SINGAPORE, AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BỶ $46 MILLION OR 120%) TO CANADA.

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

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

JAN-SEPT 79

(HK$ MN)

JAN-SEPT 78

(HK$ MN)

INCREASE HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

14 603

11 243

+ 3 360

+ 30

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS AND

DOLLS)

6 732

4 725

+ 2 007

+42

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS. WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

3 453

2 138

+ 1 315

+ 62

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES

AND RELATED PRODUCTS

2 849

1963

886

+ 45

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

2 769

2 003

766

+ 38

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

2 294

1 510

734

+ 52

MARKED INCREASES