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THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1981

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

INCREASE/

JAN-MAR 81 (HK$ MN)

JAN-MAR 80 (HK$ MN)

DECREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

U.S.A.

5 361

4 352

+1 009

+23

F.R. OF GERMANY 1 606

1 616

10

- 1

U.K.

1 516

1 373

144

+10

JAPAN

555

498

57

+11

CHINA

552

305

248

+81

AUSTRAL FA

523

452

71

+16

CANADA

428

347

81

+23

SINGAPORE

376

369

7

+ 2

NETHERLANDS

370

349

21

+6

NIGER IA

323

198

125

+63

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.S. CONTINUED TO GROW. SUBSTANTIAL INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $585 MILLION OR 41 PER CENT), ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS AND PARTS FOR COMPUTERS (BY $292 MILLION OR 140 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $165 MILLION OR 42 PER CENT) AND WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $68 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS DECLINED (BY $46 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE F.R. OF GERMANY, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN CLOTHING (BY $69 MILLION OR 7 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $5 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT). ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS, AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT DECLINED (BY $13 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT, AND $40 MILLION OR 23 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY),

INCREASES WERE NOTED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE U.K. OF CLOTHING (BY $40 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $37 MILLION OR 67 PER CENT), AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $12 MILLION OR 16 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $47 MILLION OR 45 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $75 MILLION OR 525 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $45 MILLION OR 136 PER CENT) TO CHINA.

SAN ANALISIS