20
-
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1987
IN PERCENTAGE TERMS,
INCREASES (+97 CENT), TOBACCO (+49
INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 WERE LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS PER CENT), MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (+61 PER PER CENT), AND CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+47 PER CENT).
EXPORT VALUE ON THE OTHER HAND, A SLIGHT DECREASE IN DOMESTIC
1986 WAS RECORDED IN THE FOOD COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF INDUSTRY (-$20 MILLION OR -5 PER CENT).
POULTRY
ORIGINATING
ROSE PER
BESIDES THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS
AND AGRICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK
PRODUCTION SUBSTANTIALLY FROM THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1986 (+$3 MILLION OR +339
FROM
CENT).
STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE INFORMATION WAS DERIVED FROM
DEPARTMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY) ON AND STATISTICS CENSUS
DOMESTIC QUARTER OF THIS EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE THIRD YEAR.
THE
THIS SERIES IS DERIVED BY REGROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT MERCHANDISE TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL
IN WHICH THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES
ARE
NORMALLY PRODUCED.
TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.
ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD ACTIVITIES (I.S.I.C.). AS INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN THE REGULAR TRADE
THE CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE EXPORT ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC DISTINCT
THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD
WHICH IS ADOPTED CLASSIFICATION (S.I.T.C.) STATISTICS REPORTS.
FROM
WHEN REFERRING TO THESE RE-CLASSIFIED FIGURES, SOME CAUTION
CERTAIN MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS MAY
期
IS REQUIRE SEVERAL IN SUCH CASES, NOT REALLY THE HOWEVER,
IN THIS WHOLLY ALLOCATED
NECESSARY. INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES FOR THEIR PRODUCTION. THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH AN ITEM IS FINALLY PRODUCED 13
TO CONTRIBUTOR
THE SOLE
VALUE. EXPORT RE-CLASSIFICATION, THE OVERALL VALUE OF THE ITEM IS
TO THAT INDUSTRY.
TO A BESIDES, THE CLASSIFICATION OF A MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEM
THE ITEM PARTICULAR INDUSTRY DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THE ENTIRE VALUE OF
INDUSTRY, SINCE SOME IS ACTUALLY PRODUCED BY ESTABLISHMENTS OF THAT
UNDER MAY BE SECONDARY PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY ESTABLISHMENTS CLASSIFIED OTHER INDUSTRIES.
CONTAINING
A TABLE
FURTHER DETAILS OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS MERCHANDISE RE-CLASSIFIED BY STATISTICS FOR
INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND OBTAINABLE FROM THE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
A 5-8234832).
TABLE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (ON TELEPHONE
ON
INDUSTRIES IS ALSO INCLUDED THESE STATISTICS FOR SELECTED
IN THE REPORT "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, SEPTEMBER 1987".
NUMBER
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