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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 1981

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UK OF CLOTHING (BY $74 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $56 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT), AS WELL AS PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $53 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT).

AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FR OF GERMANY, INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN CLOTHING (BY $26 MILLION OR TWO PER CENT) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $10 MILLION OR 10 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 $31 MILLION OR 15 PER CENT, AND $48 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $92 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $119 MILLION OR 366 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $76 MILLION OR 129 PER CENT) TO CHINA.

AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION IS PRESENTED BELOW 1-

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

-

JAN MAY 81

(HK$ MN.)

JAN - MAY 80

(HK$ MN.)

INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

9 943

8 430

+1 513

+18

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS)

4 304

4 065

+

239

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PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS,

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

3 053

2 433

620

+25

/ELECTRICAL