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INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BETWEEN 1978 AND 1979 WERE HIGHEST FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (76%), NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (71%), BEVERAGES (60%), LEATHER PRODUCTS (59%), NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (58%), AND PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (55%).

BUT A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS RECORDED FOR MINING AND QUARRYING (-25%).

FOR IMPORTS, PRODUCTS OF TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, CHEMICALS, METAL AND FOOD INDUSTRIES TOGETHER TOOK UP 51 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS FOR 1979.

LARGE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS BETWEEN 1978 AND 1979 WERE FOUND IN MINING AND QUARRYING (165%), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (72%), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (69%), WOOD PRODUCTS (67%), FORESTRY AND LOGGING (65%), AND WEARING APPAREL (60%).

FURTHER DETAILS OF EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL: 5-274203).

THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS A COMPARISON OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND IMPORTS FOR 1978 AND 1979, RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN.

(VALUES IN HK$ MILLION) -

DOMESTIC EXPORTS

IMPORTS

INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN

WHOLE

OF TRADED

YEAR

WHOLE YEAR

96

WHOLE YEAR

COMMODITIES

OF 1978 OF 1979 CHANGE

OF 1978

WHOLE YEAR OF 1979

%

CHANGE

AGRICULTURE

FORESTRY AND

FISHING

AGRICULTURE,

LIVESTOCK

AND POULTRY

PRODUCTION

20

21

5 3 516

"4 056

15

FORESTRY AND

LOGGING

*

*

**

237

391

65

OCEAN AND

COASTAL

FISHING

120

139

16

394

519

32

MINING AND

QUARRYING

3

-25

1 739

4 617

165

/MANUFACTURING