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OF DOMESTIC
PRODUCTS (+$245 35%); AND
MORE SIGNIFICANT ABSOLUTE INCREASES IN THE VALUE
CHEMICAL WERE EXPORTS
RECORDED FOR CHEMICALS AND MILLION OR +14%); TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (+$171 MILLION OR FOOD (+$154 MILLION OR 30%).
ON
THAT
MORE
NOTABLE
PLASTIC
EQUIPMENT
THE
RECORDED OTHER HAND, INDUSTRIES ABSOLUTE DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED PRODUCTS (-$216 MILLION OR -14%); PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL
(-$102 EQUIPMENT MILLION OR -4%); AND TRANSPORT
( -$153 -96%).
MILLION OR
ALTHOUGH
THE
FOR THE NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, CHANGE IN ABSOLUTE VALUE WAS NOT AS LARGE, A MARKED PERCENTAGE DECLINE OF 30% WAS RECORDED.
DERIVED BY
ITEMS SYSTEM ARE
THE ABOVE STATISTICS OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL
ARE
EXPORT RE-GROUPING THE MERCHANDISE ORIGIN
GROUPED
TRADE ORIGINALLY
CLASSIFICATION UNDER THE EXTERNAL ACCORDING TO THE
MERCHANDISE ITEMS INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE NORMALLY PRODUCED. TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.
THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION USED IS THE HONG INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (HSIC),
KONG STANDARD
THE
HSIC
IS
TO
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.
CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN REFERRING TO THESE DOMESTIC EXPORT
THERE MAY BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN.
BE STATISTICS CLASSIFIED
SEVERAL
STAGES IN PROCESSING
THE
OF PRODUCTION INTERMEDIATE
CERTAIN
MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS.
AN
IN
COMPILING THE STATISTICS, THE TOTAL VALUE OF SUCH HAS HOWEVER BEEN WHOLLY RELATED TO THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH THE ITEM FINALLY PRODUCED.
ITEM
IS
INDUSTRY MAY
THE DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS OF A PARTICULAR INCLUDE SECONDARY PRODUCTS BY ESTABLISHMENTS OF OTHER INDUSTRIES.
DETAILS FURTHER
OF
EXPORT MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC
STATISTICS TABLE OBTAINABLE CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE FOUND IN A FROM THE GENERAL ECONOMIC SURVEYS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL 805 6642).
FOR
A TABLE SHOWING MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWNS OF SIMILAR MAJOR MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IS ALSO INCLUDED "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, SEPTEMBER 1994".
IN
THE
STATISTICS REPORT
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