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MONDAY, AUGUST 17, 1981

AS FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN CLOTHING (BY $12 MILLION OR 1%) AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $10 MILLION OR 7%).

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 $38 MILLION OR 15%, AND BY $57 MILLION OR 17%, RESPECTIVELY).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $122 MILLION OR 50%), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $131 MILLION OR 299%) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $85 MILLION OR 108%) TO CHINA.

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

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES

JAN-JUNE 81

(HK$M)

JAN-JUNE 80

(HK$M)

(HK$M)

INCREASE PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

12 402

10 588

+1 814

+17

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

5 476

5 082

394

+ 8

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

3 655

3 026

629

+21

ELECTRICAL

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES

(MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND

HOUSEHOLD TYPE

APPLIANCES)

2 576

2 025

551

+27

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

2 416

2 361

55

+ 2

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS, MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

2 401

2 158

+

243

+11