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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1981

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $278 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $191 MILLION OR 283 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $171 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT) TO CHINA.

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

JAN-SEPT 81

(HK$ MN)

JAN-SEPT 80

(HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

20 351

17 139

+3 212

+19

MISCELLANEOUS MANU-

FACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS)

9 521

8 353

+1 168

+14

PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS,

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

5 824

4 981

843

+17

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

4 234

3 261

973

+30

TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND

SOUND RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT

3 993

3 675

318

+9

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

3 825

3 270

555

+17

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

JAN-SEPT 81

(HK$ MN)

JAN-SEPT 80

(HK$ MN)

INCREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

JAPAN

23 505

18 166

+5 339

+29

CHINA

20 952

15 273

+5 679

+37

U.S.A.

10 816

9 854

+ 962

+10

TAIWAN

7 856

5 557

+2 299

+41

SINGAPORE

7 732

5 371

+2 361

+44

U.K.

4 477

3 876

+ 601

+16

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

4 072

2 666

+1 406

+53

(SOUTH KOREA)

F.R. OF GERMANY

2 485

2 157

328

+15

SWITZERLAND

2 122

2 055

67

+ 3

AUSTRALIA

1 492

1 212

280

+23

/LOCAL DEMAND