FRIDAY, JULY 16, 1982
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WHEN 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 AMOUNT OF THE COMMODITY IS ACTUALLY PRODUCED BY ESTABLISHMENTS OF THAT INDUSTRY, SINCE SOME MAY BE SECONDARY PRODCUTS 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, WHICH TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 86 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1982.
THE LARGEST INCREASES BY ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1981 OCCURRED IN ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS ($579 MILLION), PLASTIC PRODUCTS ($236 MILLION), WEARING APPAREL ($137 MILLION), AND TEXTILES ($136 MILLION).
IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, THE HIGHEST INCREASES WERE BEVERAGES 124 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (25 PER CENT), NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (22 PER CENT), PAPER PRODUCTS AND PRINTED MATERIALS (21 PER CENT), AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS (20 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND. DECREASES IN DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY $56 MILLION AND $16 MILLION WERE RECORDED FOR METAL PRODUCTS AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS RESPECTIVELY.
IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE : PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS (-41 PER CENT), NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (-26 PER CENT), ELECTRICITY (-19 PER CENT), AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (-17 PER CENT).
FURTHER DETAILS OF DOMESTIC EXPORT 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).