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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1980

JAN-AUG 80

JAN-AUG 79

INCREASE/ DECREASE

PERCENTAGE

(HK$ M.)

(HK$ M.)

(HK$ M.)

CHANGE

U.S.A.

14 919

11 635

+3 284

+28

F.R. OF GERMANY

4 844

3 889

955

+25

U.K.

4 284

3 715

569

+15

JAPAN

1 457

1 706

249

-15

AUSTRALIA

1 260

1 095

165

+15

SINGAPORE

1 159

893

266

+30

CANADA

1 129

1 019

110

+11

NETHERLANDS

1 028

855

173

+20

CHINA

925

269

656

+244

FRANCE

857

566

291

+51

GROWTH IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. REMAINED STRONG, WITH SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES IN CLOTHING (BY $884 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $465 MILLION OR 51 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $383 MILLION OR 63 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $319 MILLION OR 50 PER CENT), AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $267 MILLION OR 44 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING (BY $552 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $85 MILLION OR 31 PER CENT) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $72 MILLION OR 71 PER CENT) TO THE WEST GERMAN MARKET.

AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K., INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $203 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $57 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED

IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $88 MILLION OR 24 PER CENT).

THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCs, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS (BY $75 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (BY $91 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT).

/PHD FOLLOWING