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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1980
DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN DECLINED BY THREE PER CENT OVERALL. DECREASES WERE MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTANCEANS AND MOLLUSCS (BY $10 MILLION OR 33 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $5 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY
$2 MILLION OR 61 PER CENT), AND BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $1 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).
CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY HAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION ARE AS FOLLOWS:-
ARTICLES OF APPAREL
AND CLOTHING
ACCESSORIES
MISCELLANEOUS
JANUARY 80 (HK$ MN.)
JANUARY 79 INCREASE PERCENTAGE (HK$ MN.) (HK$ MN.) CHANGE
1 742
1 459
+ 283
+19
MANUFACTURED
ARTICLES (MAINLY
PLASTIC TOYS AND
DOLLS)
791
631
+ 160
+ 25
PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,
OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHÉS
AND CLOCKS
434
285
+149
+ 52
TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND
SOUND RECORDING AND
REPRODUCING APPARATUS
AND EQUIPMENT
409
249
+ 160
• 64
TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS.
MADE-UP ARTICLES AND
RELATED PRODUCTS
372
269
+ 103
+ 38
ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,
APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
CES
(MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND
DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD
TYPE APPLIANCES)
320
207
+ 113
+ 55
A MORE DETAILED ANALYSIS REVEALED THAT INCREASES WERE RECORDED MAINLY IN EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $130 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), RADIO BROADCAST RECEIVERS (BY $84 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT) TEXTILE FABRICS (BY $59 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT), AND PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $31 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF FISH, CRUSTANCEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $17 MILLION OR 39 PER CENT), AND IRON AND STEEL (BY $5 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT).
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