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UNDAY, JANUARY 18, 1982

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECREASED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $110 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $124 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT). THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $23 MILLION OR 10 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO JAPAN (BY $376 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY 3225 MILLION OR 211 PER CENT) AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $232 MILLION OR 137 PER CENT) TO CHINA.

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

JAN - NOV 81 JAN - NOV 80 INCREASE

(HK$MN)

(HK$MN)

PERCENTAGE

(HK$MN) CHANGE

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

25 154

20 904

+4 250

+20

MISCELLANEOUS

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS)

12 047

10 180

+1 867

+18

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS,

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

7 391

6 494

897

+14

ELECTRICAL

APPLIANCES

(MAINLY

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND

HOUSEHOLD TYPE

APPLIANCES)

5 310

4 104

+1 206

+29

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS

AND EQUIPMENT

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS, MATE-

L AFTICLEL AND RELATE

5 071

4 587

484

+11

→ 809

4 74

+

735