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SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1988
Value of domestic exports for merchandise, reclassified by industrial origin for the first quarter of 1988
(HK$ 'GOO)
Industrial origin of the
Merchandies domestic exports
commodities exported
1988
1st qtr.
1987 1at. qtr.
Value
change
%
change
Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing
Agricultural, livestock and
poultry production
Ocean and coastal fishing
Mining and Quarrying
Manufacturing
1,780
1,589
+191
+12
158,921
131,110
+27,811
+21
1,471
1,499
-28
-2
Food
303,127
301,070
+2,057
Beveragea
66,125
$1,011
+15.114
+30
Tobacco
454,880
344,803
+110,077
+32
Textiles (including knitting)
7,919,721
7,598,615
+321,100
+4
Wearing apparel, except
9,176,990
8,367,282
+809,708
+10
footwear and knitwear
Leather and leather products
197,324
112.578
+84,746
+75
Footwear
264,417
222,413
+42,004
+19
Wood and cork producte,
194,888
185,565
+9,323
+5
furniture and fixtures
Paper and paper products,
944,332
760,429
+183,903
+24
printing and publishing
Chemicals and chemical products
680,357
417,564
+262,793
+63.
Products of petroleum and coal
971
971
Rubber products
51.966
41,333
+10,633
+26
Plastic products
2,457,559
2,616,353
-158,794
Non-metallic mineral products
161,191
161,941
-750
Basic metals and fabricated
2,114,382
1,586,976
+527,406
+33:
metal products
Machinery, except electrical
1,291,048
790,065
Electrical and electronic
10,450,782
8,810,228
+500,983 +1,640,554
+63
* 19:
products
Transport equipment
33,886
35,152
-1,266
Professional and optical
4,128,471
3,108,454
+1,020,017
33
equipment
Other manufacturing industries
2,987,993
2,722,083
+265,910
+10
Electricity
109,080
146,842
-37.762
-26
Miscellaneous items
17,632
12,812
+4,820
+38
(e.g, developed photographic plates and film, antiqués,
and works of art)
Total
44,169,293 38,527,765
+5,641,528
+15
Individual entries of a column may not add up exactly to the corresponding total due to rounding.
· less than 0.5%
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