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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1982
ANALYSIS OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS FOR MERCHANDISE, RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1982
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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1982.
THIS SERIES IS DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE COMMODITY ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID. SINCE ITS SCOPE IS CONFINED TO MERCHANDISE TRADE, TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE NOT INCLUDED.
THE CLASSIFICATION OF COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES (1.S.I.C.), AS DISTINCT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASS IF ICATION (S.I.T.C.) WHICH IS ADOPTED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
WHEN INTERPRETING THESE RECLASSIFIED 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, HE SAID.
+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 PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY ESTABLISHMENTS CLASSIFIED ELSEWHERE,+ HE ADDED.
IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS WERE WEARING APPAREL, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS, TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, AND METAL PRODUCTS. THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 86 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1982.
THE LARGEST INCREASES BY ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1981 OCCURRED IN WEARING APPAREL ($454 MILLION), PLASTIC PRODUCTS ($236 MILLION), AND ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS ($143 MILLION). IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, THE LARGEST INCREASES WERE MINING AND QUARRYING (30 PER CENT), NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (23 PER CENT), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (14 PER CENT), PAPER PRODUCTS AND PRINTED MATERIALS (12 PER CENT), AND WEARING APPAREL (10 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED NOTABLY FOR PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT
(-$280 MILLION), TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (-$34 MILLION), TEXTILES -$32 MILLION), WOOD PRODUCTS (-$26 MILLION), METAL PRODUCTS
$26 MILLION), AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (-$19 MILLION).
IN PERCENTAGE TERMS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE OBSERVED IN ELECTRICITY (-68 PER CENT), AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (-50 PER CENT).
FURTHER DETAILS OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS FOR MERCHANDISE RECLASS IFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE
INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (AT 3-7213066).