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SATURDAY, AUGUST 14, 1982

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MOST COMMODITIES EXPORTED TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY DECLINED IN VALUE, INCLUDING WATCHES AND CLOCKS (DECLINED BY $20 MILLION OR NINE PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (DECLINED BY $52 MILLION OR 19 PER CENT) AND CLOTHING (DECLINED BY $111 MILLION OR SIX PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES INCREASED STEADILY (BY $19 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT).

SIGNIFICANT INCREASES WERE REGISTERED IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $236 MILLION OR 144 PER CENT) AS WELL AS TEXTILES (BY $161 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT) AND IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CLOTHING TO AUSTRALIA (BY $39 MILLION OR 17 PER CENT).

AN ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISIONS IS PRESENTED BELOW 1

INCREASE/

JAN.-JUNE 1982 JAN.-JUNE 1981

HK$ MN)

(HK$ MN)

DECREASE

(HK$ MN)

PERCENTAGE CHANGE

ARTICLES OF

13 049

12 402

647

5

APPAREL AND

CLOTHING

ACCESSORIES

MISCELLANEOUS

6 988

5 476

+1 512

+ 28

MANUFACTURED

ARTICLES

(MAINLY PLASTIC

TOYS AND DOLLS)

PHOTOGRAPHIC

3 426

3 655

229

6

APPARATUS,

OPTICAL GOODS,

WATCHES AND

CLOCKS

ELECTRICAL

2 965

2 576

389

+ 15

MACHINERY,

APPARATUS AND

APPLIANCES

{MAINLY

TRANSISTORS

AND DIODES

AND HOUSEHOLD

TYPE APPLIANCES)

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

AND SOUND

RECORDING AND

2 658

2 416

242

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REPRODUCING

APPARATUS AND

EQUIPMENT

TEXTILE YARN,

2 402

2 401

FABRICS, MADE-UP

ARTICLES AND

RELATED PRODUCTS

INSIGNI- FICANT

* LESS THAN HK$0.5 MILLION

THE CHANGES