XN000022-1981-10-16 — Page 3

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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1981

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $193 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $165 MILLION OR 268 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $131 MILLION OR 126 PER CENT) TO CHINA.

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

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

JAN-AUG 81 (HK$ MN.)

JAN-AUG 80 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ACCESSORIES

17 735

15 185

+2 550

+17

MISCELLANEOUS MANU-

FACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

8 164

7 382

782

+11

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS.

OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES

AND CLOCKS

5 034

4 313

721

+17

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES

(MAINLY TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

3 681

2 863

818

+29

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

3 439

3 242

197

+6

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

3 313

2 897

416

+14

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM THE TEN MAJOR SOURCES ARE SUMMARISED AS FOLLOWS:

JAN-AUG 81 (HK$ MN.)

JAN-AUG 80 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE PERCENTAGE (HK$ MN.)

CHANGE

JAPAN CHINA

20 873

15 984

+4 889

+31

18 286

13 236

+5 050

+38

USA

9 586

8 899

687

+8

TAIWAN

7 033

4 924

+2 109

+43

SINGAPORE

6 880

4 631

+2 249

+49

UK

4 005

3 430

575

+17

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

3 635

2 328

+1 307

+56

FR OF GERMANY

2 213

1 946

267

+14

SWITZERLAND

1 910

1 803

107

+ 6

THAILAND

1 207

1 038

169

+16

LOCAL DEMAND FOR JAPANESE GOODS REMAINED STRONG.

/INCREASES WERE