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MONDAY, MAY 29, 1989
Value of merchandise domestic exports
reclassified by industrial origin for the first quarter of 1989
(HK$ '000)
Industrial origin of the
Merchandise domestic exports
commodities exported
1989 1st qtr.
1988 1st qtr.
Value
change
change
Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing
Agricultural, livestock and
poultry production
Ocean and coastal fishing
1,443
194,480
1,780
-337
-18.9
158,921 +35,559
+22.4
1,496
1,471
+25
+1.7
Kining and Quarrying
Hanufacturing
Food
370,186
303,127
+67,059
+22.1
Deverages
83,163
66,125
+17,038
+25.8
Tobacco
420,905
454,880
-33,975
-7.5
Textiles (including knitting)
8,093,698
7,919,721
+173,976
+2.2
Wearing apparel, except
9,656,339
9,176,990 +479,350
+5.2
footwear and knitwear
Leather and leather products
193,742
197,324
-3.582
-1.8
Footwear
257,749
264,417
-6.668
-2.5
Food and cork products,
181,460
194,888
-73.428
-6.9
furniture, and fixtures
Faper and paper products
1,128,897
944,332
+184,545
+19.5
printing and publishing
Chemicals and chemical products
990,143
680,357
+309,786
+45.5
Products of petroleum and coal
1,119
Rubber products
36,057
971 51,966
+148
+15.2
-15,909
-30.6
Plastic products
2,275,464
2,457,559
-182,095
-7.4
Fon-metallic mineral products
179,370
161,191
+18,179
+11.3
Basic metals and fabricated
2,439,776
2,114,382
+325,395
+15.4
metal products
Hachinery, except electrical
1,792,849
1,291,048
+501, 801
+38.9
Electrical and electronic
11,829,263
10,450,782 +1,378,481
+13.2
products
Transport equipment
41,127
33,886 +7,242
+21.4
Professional and optical
4,517,119
4,128,471
+388,648
+9.4
equipment
Other manufacturing industries
3,054,410
2,987,993
+66,477
+2.2
Electricity
156,320
109,08c +47,240
+43.3
Miscellaneous items
30,660
17,632 +13,027
+73.9
(e.g. developed photographic plates and film, antiques,
and works of art)
Total
47.927,235
44,169,293 +3,757,943
+8.5
Individual entries of a column may not add up exactly to the corresponding total due to rounding:
Industrial Research Section, (Tel.: 5-8234832)
Census & Statistics Department,
HonE Kong
Fay 1989
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