THURSDAY, MARCH 1, 1990
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Value of merchandise domestic exports
reclassified by industrial origin for the whole year of 1989
Industrial origin of the
commodities exported
Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing
Agricultural, livestock and
poultry production
Ocean and coastal fishing
Mining and Quarrying
Manufacturing
(Value in HK$ million)
Merchandise domestic exports
1988
Value
*
change
whole year change
1989 whole year
91
6
11
-5
-48.1
604
626
-22
-3.5
5
7
-2
-23.0
Food
1,652
Beverages
334
1,508 338
+144
-9.5
-3
-1.0
Tobacco
2,013
1,765
+248
-14.0
Textiles (including knitting)
44,946
41,326
+3,620
-8.8
Wearing apparel, except
44.199
42,418
+2,081
+4.9
footwear and knitwear
Leather and leather products
964
901
-63
-7.0
Footwear
1,030
1,236
-306
-16.7
Wood and cork products,
739
859
-130
-15.1
furniture and fixtures
Paper and paper products,
5,438
4.955
-483
-9.7
printing and publishing
Chemicals and chemical products
4,672
3,814
+858
-22.5
Products of petroleum and coal
7
4
-2
-44.7
Rubber products
132
182
-50
-37.3
Plastic products
10,382
Non-metallic mineral products
691
Basic metals and fabricated
10,166
12.063 747 10,379
-1,682
-13.9
-56
-7.6
-213
-2.0
metal products
Machinery, except electrical
7,694
Electrical and electronic
52,792
6.611 53,512
+1,083 -721
-16.4
-1.3
products
Transport equipment
Professional and optical
229 20,705
174
+55
-31.6
20,380
+325
-1.6
equipment
Other manufacturing industries
13,612
13,239
+373
-3.8
Electricity
662
517
+145
-28.2
Miscellaneous items
140
90
+50
-55.5
(e.g. developed photographic plates and film, antiques, and works of art)
Total
224,104
217,664
-6,140
-3.0
Individual entries of a column may not add up exactly to the corresponding total due to rounding. All percentage changes are calculated based on unrounded figures.
Industrial Research Section, (Tel.: 621 4832)
Census & Statistics Department,
Hong Kong.
February 1990
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