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SUNDAY, MARCH 29, 1981

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA GREW STEADILY. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN CLOTHING (BY $7 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $4 MILLION OR 52 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA ALSO SHOWED SUBSTANTIAL GROWTH, THE MAJOR COMMODITIES BEING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $21 MILLION OR 73 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $21 MILLION OR 183 PER CENT).

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

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

JAN 1981 (HK$ MN.)

JAN 1980 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

2 45 7

1 742

+715

+41

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS AND

DOLLS)

890

791

+ 99

+13

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS

OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

561

434

+128

+29

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

422

409

+ 13

+ 3

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND DIODES

AND HOUSEHOLD TYPE

APPLIANCES)

420

320

+100

+31

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES

AND RELATED PRODUCTS

399

372

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THE CHANGES......