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AS FOR 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 (+$794 MILLION OR +12%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (+$135 MILLION OR +138%); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$90 MILLION OR +4%).
FOR THE TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY AND THE PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH THE ABSOLUTE VALUES OF THE CHANGES WERE NOT AS LARGE, MARKED PERCENTAGE INCREASES OF 71% AND 39% RESPECTIVELY WERE REGISTERED.
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ON THE OTHER HAND, INDUSTRY GROUPS THAT RECORDED MORE ABSOLUTE DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (-$744 MILLION OR -16%); PLASTIC PRODUCTS ( -$277 MILLION OR -16%); AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (-$176 MILLION OR -27%).
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FOR THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF CHANGE KAS NOT AS LARGE, MARKED PERCENTAGE DECLINE OF 48% WAS REGISTERED.
THE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING THE MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS ORIGINALLY GROUPED UNDER THE EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED.
TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.
THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION USED IS THE HONG KONG STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (HSIC).
THE HSIC IS TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (S1TC) USED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
IN COMPARISON, THE HSIC IS MORE RELATED TO PRODUCTION PROCESSES WHEREAS THE SITC 1S MORE GEARED TO END USES OF PRODUCTS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN REFERRING ΤΟ THE DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN.
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THERE MAY BE SEVERAL INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IN THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS.
HE SAID IN COMPILING THE STATISTICS, THE TOTAL VALUE OF SUCH AN 1TEM HAD HOWEVER BEEN WHOLLY RELATED TO THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH THE ITEM WAS FINALLY PRODUCED.
"DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS OF A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY PRODUCED MAY INCLUDE PRODUCTS THAT ARE PRODUCED AS SECONDARY PRODUCTS BY ESTABLISHMENTS BELONGING TO OTHER INDUSTRIES, HE SAID.
FURTHER DETAILS OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE FOUND IN A TABLE WHICH IS OBTAINABLE FROM THE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL 839 3223).
A TABLE SHOWING MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWNS OF SIMILAR FOR MAJOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IS ALSO INCLUDED IN "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, SEPTEMBER 1993".
STATISTICS REPORT
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/DOMESTIC EXPORTS