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THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1979
ANALYSIS OF EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS BY INDUSTRIAL
ORIGIN ****
THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (THURSDAY) PUBLISHED EXTERNAL TRADE FIGURES ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
THIS SERIES IS DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT COMMODITY ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE COMMODITY ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED.
FOR DOMESTIC EXPORTS, THE FIVE INDUSTRY GROUPS HAVING THE HIGHEST CONTRIBUTIONS WERE WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT. ALTOGETHER THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 81 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1978 WERE HIGHEST IN THE CASE OF BEVERAGES (79 PER CENT), LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (64 PER CENT), PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS (40 PER CENT), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (39 PER CENT), AND WEARING APPAREL (39 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY (~67 PER CENT), MINING AND QUARRYING PRODUCTS (-37 PER CENT), TOBACCO (-8 PER CENT), AND FOOTWEAR (-3 PER CENT).
CONCERNING IMPORTS, GOODS PRODUCED BY THE TEXTILES, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES, CHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS. FOOD. METAL PRODUCTS, AND PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT INDUSTRIES TOGETHER TOOK UP 59 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF IMPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.
THE HIGHEST INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF IMPORTS WERE FOUND IN MINING AND QUARRYING PRODUCTS (664 PER CENT), WOOD PRODUCTS AND FURNITURE (67 PER CENT), LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (62 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES (58 PER CENT), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (47 PER CENT), AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (47 PER CENT). NO DECREASE WAS REGISTERED EXCEPT FOR SOME MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
FURTHER DETAILS REGARDING EXTERNAL TRADE STATISTICS RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
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