FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1993
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Indexes of industrial production by broad industry group and selected industry group
(1986 =
100)
Index
% change over
for
Percentage
change in the
index for 1992
as a whole
Broad industry group!
Selected industry group
4th Qtr.4th Qtr.
3rd Qtr.
over that
1992
1991
1997
for 1991
1. Food, beverages and tobacco
173
+11.6
+7.5
+5.4
2. Wearing apparel, except footwear
122
+4.3
+1.7
+0.9
3. Textiles (including knitting)
134
-2.9
-9.5
+4.2
4. Paper products and printing
253
+17.1
-5.2
+16.9
5. Chemicals, rubber, plastic and non-metallic
mineral products
82
-12.8
-5.7
-4.7
-- Plastic products
(65)
(-16.7) (-11.0)
(-7.1)
6. Basic metals and fabricated metal products
106
-7.0
-3.6
-4.5
++
Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment
(103)
(-8.0)
(-3.7)
(-4.6)
7. Electrical and electronic products, machinery, professional equipment and optical goods
Consumer electrical and electronic products
-- Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts
and components
B. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
Notes:
172
+6.2
+9.6
+2.0
(137) (-0.7)
(+10.5)
(-3.8)
(238) (+25.3)
(+11.2)
(+15.2)
99
-10.0
-1.0
-2.0
136
+1.5
0.0
+1.6
1. Four selected industry groups, which carry relatively large weights and are major components of the respective broad industry groups, are also included in the above table. For easy reading, the figures of these selected industry groups are shown in brackets.
2. As from the first quarter of 1992, the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) is used to form the industry groups and broad industry groups presented in the above table. For the exact coverage of the groups in terms of HSIC codes, please refer to the 'Report on the Quarterly Index of Industrial Production, 4th Quarter 1992'.
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