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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1980

SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING (BY $271 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $88 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) TO JAPAN AND OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $78 MILLION OR 126 PER CENT) TO CANADA.

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

JAN-DEC 79 (HK$ MN.)

JAN-DEC 78 (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE

INCREASE (HK$ MN.) CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

20 131

15 709

+ 4 422

28

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS)

9 454

6 634

+ 2 820

+ 43

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,

OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

5 126

3 263

+1 863

+ 57

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS

4 065

2 869

+ 1 196

+ 42

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

4 063

2 819

• 1 244

+44

444

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND DIODES

AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE

APPLIANCES)

3 235

2 109

+ 1 126

+ 53

OVERSEAS DEMAND FOR HONG KONG MANUFACTURED GOODS REMAINED FAIRLY ACTIVE DURING THE YEAR. MARKED INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $1 620 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $1 002 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $918 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT), AND RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS (BY $558 MILLION OR 37 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PROFESSIONAL, SCIENTIFIC AND CONTROLLING INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS (BY $19 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), AND ORGANIC CHEMICALS (BY $6 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES