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THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 1997

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $20 MILLION CR 13 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $33 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (DECLINED BY $78 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $11 MILLION OR 13 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $206 MILLION OR 203 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $98 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES TO AUSTRALIA (BY $37 MILLION OR 25 PER CENT).

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

INCREASE/

ARTICLES OF

APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

ARTICLES

JAN.-APR.1982

(HK$MN)

JAN.-APR.1981

(HK$MN)

DECREASE

(HK$MN)

8 036

7 568

468

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

MANUFACTURED

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS)

4 220

3 170

+1 050

+33

PHOTOGRAPHIC

APPARATUS,

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

2 340

2 348

3 INSIGNIFICANT

ELECTRICAL

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES

(MAINLY

TRANSISTORS AND

DIODES AND

HOUSEHOLD TYPE

APPLIANCES)

1 930

1 551

379

+24

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

RECORDING AND

REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

1 785

1 510

275

+18

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS, MADE-

UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS 1 600

1 520

80

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