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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1980

AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U,K., INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $244 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $70 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $122 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).

THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS (BY $98 MILLIÓN OR 34 PER CENT), AND CLOTHING (BY $114 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

FOLLOWING IS AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION :-

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

JAN-OCT 80 (HK$ MN.)

JAN-OCT 79

(HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

19 081

16 348

+2 733

+ 17

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

9 274

7 644

+1 630

21

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS

OPTICAL

GOODS. WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

5 731

4 028

+1 703

42

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

4 154

3 201

953

+ 30

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

3 693

2 608

+1 085

+ 42

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS

3 669

3 226

443

+ 14

THE CHANGES