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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1986
THIRD QUARTER EXPORTS STATISTICS RELEASED
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IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986, THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS WERE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 85 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE EXPORTS.
AMONG ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, THE LARGEST INCREASES IN ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985 WERE RECORDED IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+$2 469 MILLION), TEXTILES (+$2 361 MILLION), WEARING APPAREL (+$1 421 MILLION), PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (+$619 MILLION), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (+$543 MILLION), AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$223 MILLION).
IN RELATIVE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASES OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985 WERE NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (+44 PER CENT), CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+38 PER CENT), TEXTILES (+37 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+36 PER CENT), AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+35 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985 WERE RECORDED FOR TOBACCO (-$38 MILLION OR -15 PER CENT), AND LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (-$21 MILLION OR -16 PER CENT).
BESIDES THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM THE MINING AND QUARRYING SECTOR ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1985 (+123 PER CENT), WHILE THOSE FROM OCEAN AND COASTAL FISHING WENT UP BY 82 PER CENT AND THOSE FROM AGRICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION BY 34 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VALUE OF ELECTRICITY DECLINED BY 28 PER CENT.
THESE ARE SOME OF THE STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986. THIS SERIES IS DERIVED BY REGROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED. TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED,
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