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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1992
1991 DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN
IN TERMS OF VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, THE
GROUPS MAJOR INDUSTRY
TEXTILES INCLUDING IN 1991 WERE APPAREL EXCEPT
ELECTRICAL CONSUMER FOOTWEAR, WEARING ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS.
THREE LEADING KNITTING,
AND
AND
(MONDAY)
TO $19,534
DETAILS ARE SHOWN IN THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
IN 1991, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AMOUNTED MILLION, REPRESENTING A 9.6% INCREASE OVER 1990.
$39,909
MILLION
DONESTIC EXPORTS OF WEARING APPAREL, AND CONSUMER ELECTRICAL
MILLION AND PRODUCTS, AT $43,835 RESPECTIVELY, WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FROM 1990.
AND ELECTRONIC
THE
VALUE
IN
TEXTILES, EQUIPMENT,
OR +11.8%);
AND FOOD
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDING THE LARGEST INCREASES
1990 WERE EXPORTS IN 1991 OVER OF DOMESTIC INCLUDING KNITTING (+$4,345 MILLION OR +9.6%); MACHINERY, APPARATUS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS (+$2,867 MILLION OR +14.5%); PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$718 MILLION CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$617 MILLION OR (+$156 MILLION OR +8.2%).
+10.3% };
RECORDING 1990 WERE MILLION OR -11.1%); TOBACCO MANUFACTURES
PLASTIC
AND
ON THE OTHER HAND, OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN 1991 OVER PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT {-$2,510 PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-9980 MILLION OR -11.1%); {-$405 MILLION OR -13.4%); AND
-13.4%); AND FOOTWEAR EXCEPT RUBBER, WOODEN FOOTWEAR (-$283 MILLION OR -32.8%).
BY
THE ABOVE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ACCORDING
IN WHICH THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS TO THE INDUSTRIES
ARE NORMALLY
PRODUCED.
TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.
THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION USED IS THE HONG KONG STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (HSIC).
THE
THE UNITED
HS IC
NATIONS IS TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC) USED IN THE REGULAR TRADE
IN
MORE STATISTICS REPORTS
THAT THE FORMER IS
RELATED TO USES OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES WHEREAS THE LATTER IS MORE GEARED TO END PRODUCTS.
CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN REFERRING TO EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN.
MAY
THESE
DOMESTIC
REQUIRE
SEVERAL
CERTAIN MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IN THEIR PRODUCTION.
/HOWEVER, IN