TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1989
Value of merchandise domestic exports
reclassified by industrial origin for the third quarter of 1989
Industrial origin of the
Merchandise domestic exports
(HK$ '000)
commodities exported
1989 3rd qtr.
1988 3rd qtr.
Value
change
change
Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing
Agricultural, livestock and
poultry production
Ocean and coastal fishing
1.949
5,453
-3,504
-64.3
116,046
121,867
-5,821
-4.8
1,298
1.197
+101
+8.4
Mining and Quarrying
Manufacturing
Food
426,330
401,858
+24.462
+6.1
Beverages
86,961
110,888
-23.926
-21.6
Tobacco
512,423
403,627
+108,796
+27.0
Textiles (including knitting)
13,304,370
11,727,598
+1,576,772
+13.4
Wearing apparel, except
12,562,245
11,875,973
+686,272
+5.8
footwear and knitwear
Leather and leather products
259,851
246,899
+12,952
+5.2
Footwear
260,449
367,071
-106,622
-29.0
Wood and cork products,
furniture and fixtures
178,036
224,941
-46,905
-20.9
Paper and paper products,
1,532,310
1.464.669
+67,641
+4.6
printing and publishing
Chemicals and chemical products
1,276,323
1.129,717
+146,606
+13.0
Products of petroleum and coal
Rubber products
1,583 29,920
Plastic products
2,891,467
1,746 47,637 3,519,724
-162
-9.3
-17,716 -628,257
-37.2
-17.8
Non-metallic mineral products
175,374
203,364
-27,990
-13. B
Basic metals and fabricated
2,636,266
2,867,295
-231,029
1
metal products
Machinery, except electrical
2,037,134
1,799,349
+237,785
+13.2
Electrical and electronic
13,984,948
15,011,237
-1,026,290
-6.8
products
Transport equipment
65,159
Professional and optical
5,643,480
62,486 5,359,479
+2,673
+4.3
+284,002
+5.3
equipment
Other manufacturing industries
3,654,241
3,616,545
+37,697
+1.0
Electricity
196,091
160,279
+35,812
+22.3
Miscellaneous items
35,850
23,636
+12,214
+51.7
(e.g. developed photographic plates and film, antiques,
and works of art)
Total
61,870,103
60,754,542
+1,115,551
+1.B
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,
Hong Kong.
November 1989
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