WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1991
MORE SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE INCREASES WERE RECORDED .IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS
FOOD, BEVERAGES AND TOBACCO (+10.3%); PAPER PRODUCTS AND PRINTING (+10.0%); AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, PROFESSIONAL EQUIPMENT AND OPTICAL GOODS (+8.9%).
ON THE OTHER HAND, THE BROAD INDUSTRY GROUP "CHEMICALS, RUBBER, PLASTIC AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS" SHOWED THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE DECREASE IN PRODUCTION (-16.3%) IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990.
COMPARING THE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THAT IN THE PRECEDING QUARTER, AND BEARING IN MIND THAT THIS COMPARISON IS MUCH AFFECTED BY SEASONAL FACTORS, ALL FIGHT BROAD INDUSTRY GROUPS SHOWED DECREASES IN PRODUCTION.
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MORE SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE DECREASES IN PRODUCTION WERE RECORDED IN THE FOLLOWING GROUPS TEXTILES (INCLUDING KNITTING) (-32.5%); CHEMICALS, RUBBER, PLASTIC AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (-29.5%); AND WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT KNITWEAR AND FOOTWEAR (-20.3%).
IN RELEASING THESE FIGURES, A SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT EXPLAINED THAT THE INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IS PRIMARILY INTENDED TO REFLECT THE CHANGES OVER TIME OF LOCAL MANUFACTURING OUTPUT IN REAL TERMS.
IN OTHER WORDS, THE VOLUME OF LOCAL PRODUCTION 19 MEASURED AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.
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MORE DETAILED INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND IN THE "REPORT ON THE QUARTERLY INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION, FIRST QUARTER 1991" WHICH R ON SALE AT $3 A COPY AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL, OR AT THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT PUBLICATIONS SALES COUNTER, 19TH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER I, 12 HARBOUR ROAD, WAN CHAI.
REGULAR SUBSCRIPTION MAY ALSO BE ARRANGED.
FURTHER ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE SURVEY MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 839 3238.
THE FOLLOWING TABLE SHOWS CHANGES IN THE INDEXES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION IN GREATER DETAIL:
INDEXES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION BY BROAD INDUSTRY
GROUP AND SELECTED INDUSTRY GROUP
(1986 = 100)
/BROAD INDUSTRY