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MONDAY, JANUARY 19, 1981

CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE TEN MAJOR OVERSEAS MARKETS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

INCREASE/

JAN - NOV 80 (HK$M)

JAN - NOV 79 (HK$M)

DECREASE (HK$M)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

U.S.A.

20 744

17 043

+ 3 701

+ 22

F.R. OF GERMANY

6 634

5 600

+ 1 034

+ 18

U.K.

6 068

5 358

710

+ 13

JAPAN

2 131

2 466

335

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AUSTRAL FA

1 795

1 623

172

+11

SINGAPORE

1 640

1 287

353

+ 27

CANADA

1 596

1 457

139

+ 10

NETHERLANDS

1 408

1 223

185

+ 15

CHINA

1 373

509

864

+170

FRANCE

1 254

871

383

+ 44

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $900 MILLION OR 14%), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $579 MILLION OR 42%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $504 MILLION OR 52%), OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $473 MILLION OR 53%), AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $346 MILLION OR 35%).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE NOTED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO WEST GERMANY OF CLOTHING (BY $616 MILLION OR 20%), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $123 MILLION OR 27%) AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY 94 MILLION OR 65%).

AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K., INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $264 MILLION OR 10%), AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY 370 MILLION OR 19%). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES (BY $141 MILLION OR 26%).

THE DOWNWARD TREND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN CONTINUED. DECREASES WERE NOTED MAINLY FOR FISH, CRUSTACEANS AND MOLLUSCS, AND THEIR PREPARATIONS (BY 938 MILLION OR 28%), AND CLOTHING (BY $104 MILLION OR 14%).

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