XN000022-1980-01-14 — Page 3

MONDAY, JANUARY 14, 1980

MARKED INCREASES WERE ALSO REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING (BY $278 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $86 MILLION OR 80 PER CENT) TO JAPAN.

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

JAN.-NOV. 79

(HK$ MN.)

JAN.-NOV. 78

(HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

ACCESSOR IES

18 053

13 980

+4 073

+29

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

8 549

5 977

+2 572

+43

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

4 656

2 923

+1 733

+59

TEXTILE YARN

FABRICS. MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

3 643

2 519

+1 124

+45

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

3 621

2 542

+1 079

+42

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

2 930

1 901

+1 029

+54

PROMINENT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 512 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $922 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $877 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL AND NON-ELECTRICAL HOUSEHOLD TYPE EQUIPMENT (BY $396 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PROFESSIONAL. SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS (BY $20 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (BY $4 MILLION OR 5 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES