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SUNDAY, JANUARY 3, 1982
THE CLASSIFICATION OF COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES (ISIC), AS DISTINCT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC) WHICH IS ADOPTED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
WTEN INTERPRETING THESE RE-CLASSIFIED FIGURES, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT AN EXPORTED COMMODITY REQUIRING SEVERAL INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IS WHOLLY ALLOCATED TO THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH IT IS FINALLY PRODUCED. BUT THAT INDUSTRY WILL NOT NORMALLY BE THE SOLE CONTRIBUTOR TO ITS OVERALL EXPORT VALUE.
FURTHERMORE, THE CLASSIFICATION OF AN EXPORTED COMMODITY TO A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THE ENTIRE LOT OF SUCH COMMODITY IS ACTUALLY PRODUCED BY ESTABLISHMENTS OF THAT INDUSTRY, SINCE SOME MAY BE SECONDARY PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY ESTABLISHMENTS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE.
IN TERMS OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS WERE WEARING APPAREL, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS, TEXTILES, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, PLASTIC PRODUCTS AND METAL PRODUCTS.
TOGETHER THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 87 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1981 OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1981.
THE LARGEST INCREASES BY ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1980 OCCURRED IN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS ($1 079 MILLION), WEARING APPAREL ($1 054 MILLION), TEXTILES ($688 MILLION), PLASTIC PRODUCTS ($266 MILLION), AND PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (216 MILLION).
IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, THE HIGHEST INCREASES WERE BEVERAGES ($148 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (74 PER CENT), RUBBER PRODUCTS (59 PER CENT), FOOD (38 PER CENT), LEATHER PRODUCTS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (BOTH 34 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS (32 PER CENT).
DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (-13 PER CENT) AND ELECTRICITY (-38 PER CENT).
FURTHER DETAILS OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS FOR MERCHANDISE
RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (AT 3-7221914).
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