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MONDAY, MAY 31,
MAY 31, 1993
DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS FOR FIRST QUARTER
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THE IN
FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, THE THREE MAJOR INDUSTRY AND GROUPS OF TEXTILES, CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 54% OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL
EXPORTS DOMESTIC
OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT,
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS
6%
IN INCREASED
OVER A YEAR EARLIER TO $8.7 BILLION BY
FIRST
QUARTER OF 1993.
THE
ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES DECREASED BY 6% TO $8.7 BILLION. THOSE OF WEARING APPAREL ALSO DROPPED, BY 8% TO $8.6 BILLION.
FOR AS
THE OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS, MORE SIGNIFICANT ABSOLUTE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE FOUND IN THE GROUPS OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS (+$1,422 MILLION OR +27%); TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (+$120 MILLION OR +28%); AND (+$81 MILLION OR +136%).
ON THE
RECORDED
BEVERAGES
THE MORE INCLUDED AND OPTICAL
OTHER HAND, INDUSTRY GROUPS WHICH NOTABLE ABSOLUTE DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$380 MILLION OR -23%); PROFESSIONAL
AND (-$378 MILLION OR -10%); EQUIPMENT -39%).
FOOTWEAR (-$42
MILLION
OR
RUBBER FOR THE PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL INDUSTRY AND THE
CHANGES WERE PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH THE ABSOLUTE VALUES OF THE NOT AS LARGE, MARKED PERCENTAGE DECLINES OF 31% AND 27% WERE REGISTERED.
RESPECTIVELY
THE ABOVE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING THE MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS
GROUPED
TRADE UNDER THE EXTERNAL ORIGINALLY
CLASSIFICATION
ITEMS ΤΟ ACCORDING
MERCHANDISE THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE NORMALLY PRODUCED. TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.
SYSTEM ARE
STANDARD DISTINGUISHED CLASSIFICATION
KONG INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION USED IS THE HONG THE
CLASSIFICATION INDUSTRIAL
(HSIC).
BE THE HSIC IS TO
TRADE THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL FROM (SITC) USED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
/IN COMPARISON,