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THURSDAY, MARCH 12, 1987

COMPARING JANUARY 1987 WITH JANUARY 1986, THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC

ANALYSED BY COMMODITY, EXPORTS TO THE U.S. INCREASED BY 17 PER CENT. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PARTS AND ACCESSORIES THEREOF (BY $197 MILLION OR 28 PER CENT); CLOTHING (BY $177 MILLION OR 9 PER CENT); AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $168 MILLION OR 57 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $12 MILLION OR 4 PER CNET), AS WELL AS POWER GENERATING MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT (BY $7 MILLION OR 21 PER CENT).

ON THE SAME BASIS OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO CHINA INCREASED BY 48 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE REGISTERED FOR TEXTILES (BY $141 MILLION OR 72 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $107 MILLION OR 74 PER CENT); AS WELL AS MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, INCLUDING MAINLY BABY CARRIAGES, TOYS, GAMES AND SPORTING GOODS (BY $80 MILLION OR 49 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE RECORDED IN GENERAL INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT AND MACHINE PARTS (BY $6 MILLION OR 18 PER CENT ), AS WELL AS ELECTRIC CURRENT (BY $3 MILLION OR 6 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY INCREASED BY 57 PER CENT IN VALUE. INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN CLOTHING (BY $273 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT) AND OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $41 MILLION OR 128 PER CENT). HOWEVER A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED FOR FURNITURE AND PARTS THEREOF (BY $0.4 MILLION OR 43 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE UP BY 29 PER CENT, WITH INCREASES IN CLOTHING (BY $147 MILLION OR 46 PER CENT); AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES AND ELECTRICAL PARTS THEREOF (BY #21 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT). DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO JAPAN INCREASED BY 80 PER CENT, WITH GROWTH IN CLOTHING (BY $167 MILLION OR 166 PER CENT) AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES AND OPTICAL GOODS, WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $42 MILLION OR 117 PER CENT).

HOWEVER, A DECREASE WAS REGISTERED IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS TO THE UNITED KINGDOM OF OFFICE MACHINES AND AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (BY $37 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT).

THE CHANGES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY MAJOR COMMODITY DIVISION ARE PRESENTED IN TABLE 2.

THE CHANGES IN IMPORTS FROM HONG KONG'S TEN MAJOR SUPPLIERS ARE SUMMARISED IN TABLE 3.

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