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FRIDAY, MARCH 19, 1982

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INCREASES WERE RECORDED N DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF PLASTIC TOYS AND DOLLS (BY $31 MILLION OR 183 PER CENT) AND TEXTILES (BY $4 MILLION OF 17 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT, AS WELL AS WATCHES AND CLOCKS, DECLINED BY $8 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT, AND $10 MILLION OR 34 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY.

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $10 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (DECLINED BY $99 MILLION CR 23 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $5 MILLION OR 29 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT TO CHINA (BY $49 MILLION OR 146 PER CENT) AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CLOTHING TO AUSTRALIA (BY $15 MILLION OR 35 PER CENT, AND $13 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT, RESPECTIVELY).

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

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ARTICLES OF APPAREL

JAN. 1982 (HK$ MN.)

JAN. 1981 (HK$ MN.)

INCREASE/ DECREASE (HK$ MN.)

PERCENTAGE

CHANGE

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

2 279

2 457

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MISCELLANEOUS MANU-

FACTURED ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC TOYS

AND DOLLS)

1 059

890

+169

+19

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS, OPTICAL

GOODS WATCHES AND

GLOCKS

537

561

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ELECTRICAL MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

460

420

+40

+10

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

433

422

+11

+3

TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS,

MADE-UP ARTICLES

AND RELATED PRODUCTS

391

399

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/THE CHANGES