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FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1980

AUSTRALIA

318

245

73

30

JAPAN

315

320

5

2

NETHERLANDS

241

163

+

78

48

SINGAPORE

235

171

64

37

CANADA

225

187

38

20

CHINA

187

30

+ 157

+ 523

SWITZERLAND

176

105

71

68

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO USA WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $268 MILLION OR 37%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $75 MILLION OR 45%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $68 MILLION OR 56%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $60 MILLION OR 50%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $58 MILLION OR 54%).

INCREASED DELIVERIES TO WEST GERMANY WERE RECORDED CHIEFLY IN CLOTHING (BY $235 MILLION OR 52%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $29 MILLION OR 56%) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $29 MILLION OR 35%).

INCREASES WERE ALSO RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. PARTICULARLY OF CLOTHING (BY $121 MILLION OR 31%), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $40 MILLION OR 109%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $11 MILLION OR 31%). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECLINES WERE REGISTERED IN DELIVERIES OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS (BY $2 MILLION ÖR 2%).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN SHOWED AN OVERALL DECREASE OF $5 MILLION OR 2 PER CENT, MAINLY IN FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS (BY $16 MILLION OR 34%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $2 MILLION OR 6%), AND CLOTHING (BY $1 MILLION OR 2%).

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

JAN-FEB 80 (HK$ MN)

JAN-FEB 79 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

3 234

2 306

+ 928

40

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND

DOLLS)

1 433

987

+ 446

45

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