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SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1980

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE WEST GERMAN MARKET WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $208 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT) WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY 49 MILLION OR 62 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $39 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT).

EXPORT GROWTH TO THE U.K. WAS RECORDED CHIEFLY IN CLOTHING (BY $99 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $53 MILLION OR 90 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $15 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND PREPARATIONS THEREOF (BY $21 MILLION OR 30 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $9 MILLION OR 8 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $4 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT).

AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW 1-

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

-

JAN MAR 80 (HK$ M)

JAN

MAR 79 (HK$ M)

INCREASE

(HK$ M)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ACCESSORIES

4 574

3 718

856

23

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS)

2 171

1 590

581

37

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

1 313

835

478

57

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

1 129

689

440

64

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES

AND RELATED

PRODUCTS

1 035

792

243

31

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE APPLIANCES)

883

590

293

50

/BY COMMODITY