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FRIDAY, JUNE 13, 1980

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. WERE REGISTERED MAINLY IN CLOTHING (BY $403 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $184 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $172 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $164 MILLION OR 65 PER CENT), AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $123 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT).

INCREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE WEST GERMAN MARKET WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $254 MILLION OR 26 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $59 MILLION OR 54 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $48 MILLION OR 27 PER CENT).

EXPORT GROWTH TO THE U.K. WAS RECORDED CHIEFLY IN CLOTHING (BY $115 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $62 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $26 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT).

THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS. AND THEIR PREPARATIONS (BY $41 MILLIÓN OR 36 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $33 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $7 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT).

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

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS)

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,

OPTICAL GOODS

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

JAN-APR 80

(HK$ M)

JAN-APR 79

(HK$ M)

INCREASE (HK$ M)

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

6 349

5 190 + 1 159

22

3 066

2 274

792

35

1 810

1 192

618

52

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

1 529

955

574

60

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS

1 443

1 141

302

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