THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1994
1993 DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN
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IN 1993, THE THREE MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS OF TEXTILES, WEARING APPAREL AND CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 56% OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY {THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
ELECTRONIC
DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AND CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND A PRODUCTS DECREASED BOTH BY 10% IN 1993 AS COMPARED WITH YEAR EARLIER TO $46.6 BILLION AND $34.5 BILLION RESPECTIVELY. FOR WEARING APPAREL, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ALSO DROPPED BY 3% TO $41.5 BILLION.
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 (+$3,809 MILLION +15%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (+$250 MILLION OR +54%); AND CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$196 MILLION OR +3%).
THE FOR THE BEVERAGES INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF CHANGE WAS NOT AS LARGE, A FAIRLY LARGE PERCENTAGE INCREASE (+21%) WAS REGISTERED.
ON THE OTHER HAND, INDUSTRY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED MORE NOTABLE ABSOLUTE DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (-$2,807 MILLION OR -15%); PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$1,200 MILLION OR -18%); AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (-$199 MILLION OR -2%).
FOR THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF THE WAS NOT AS LARGE, A MARKED PERCENTAGE DECLINE OF 40% WAS
CHANGE REGISTERED.
GROUPED UNDER THE EXTERNAL
THE ABOVE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING THE
ITEMS MERCHANDISE EXPORT
ORIGINALLY
TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE ACCORDING
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 ΤΟ BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC) USED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
IN COMPARISON, THE HSIC IS MORE RELATED TO PRODUCTION PROCESSES WHEREAS THE SITC IS MORE GEARED TO END USES OF PRODUCTS.
DEPARTMENT SAID EXPORT DOMESTIC
A
INTERMEDIATE
CAUTION STATISTICS CLASSIFIED
PROCESSING MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS.
BE
SPOKESMAN FOR THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS SHOULD
TAKEN WHEN REFERRING
BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN.
STAGES IN THE
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THESE
THERE MAY BE SEVERAL PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN
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