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SUNDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1981

INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF CLOTHING (BY $277 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $227 MILLION OR 86 PER CENT), AS WELL AS ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $123 MILLION OR 48 PER CENT).

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $94 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $103 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT). THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $21 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $335 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $209 MILLION OR 241 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS (BY $205 MILLION OR 148 PER CENT) TO CHINA,

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

JAN-OCT 81 HK$ MN)

JAN-OCT 80 (HK$ MN)

INCREASE PERCENTAGE

(HK$ MN) CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

22 877

19 081

+3 796

+20

MISCELLANEOUS MANU-

FACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS)

10 831

9 274

+1 557

+17

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS, WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

6 612

5 731

881

+15

ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

4798

3 693

+1 105

+30

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

4 553

4 154

399

+10

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS 4 331

3 669

662

+18

/THE CHANGES