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THURSDAY, JULY 15, 1982

MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $21 MILLION OR 11 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $49 MILLION OR 22 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (DECLINED BY $113 MILLION OR SEVEN PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $10 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT). SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS

TO CHINA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $217 MILLION OR 161 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES ($132 MILLION OR 68 PER CENT) AND IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES TO AUSTRALIA (BY $39 MILLION OR 20 PER CENT).

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

INCREASE,

JAN.-MAY 1982 JAN.-MAY 1981

(HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

DECREASE (HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ARTICLES OF APPAREL

10 450

9 943

+

507

+ 5

AND CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

5 578

4 304

+1 274

+30

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES (MAINLY

PLASTIC TOYS AND

DOLLS)

PHOTOGRAPHIC

2 884

3 053

169

- 6

APPARATUS

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

ELECTRICAL

2 469

2 061

408

+20

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

TRANSISTORS AND

APPLIANCES (MAINLY

DIODES AND

HOUSEHOLD TYPE

APPLIANCES)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND RECORDING

AND REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

TEXTILE YARN,

FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

2 232

1 962

270

+14

2 016

1 952

63

+ 3

THE CHANGES