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Indices of industrial production by industry group and selected component industry
(1986 = 100)
Industry group/
Selected component industry
Index
for
% change over
4th Qtr.
4th Qtr.
3rd Qtr.
Percentage
change in the index for 1995
1995
1994
1995
as a whole
1. Food, beverages and tobacco
172
-2.7
+6.1
-0.4
2. Wearing apparel (except footwear)
129
-3.2
+1.9
+1.3
3. Textiles (including knitting)
113
-16.4
-15.0
-3.9
4. Paper products and printing
261
-3.3
-14.9
+0,2
5. Chemical, rubber, plastic and
65
-2.7
+0.8
-5.1
non-metallic mineral products
within which: Plastic products
(38)
(-15.6)
(-5.7)
(-15.5)
6. Basic metals and fabricated metal products
94
-2.1
-2.9
-1.5
within which: Fabricated metal products
(except machinery and equipment)
(91)
(-3.7)
(-4.3)
(-4.0)
7. Electrical and electronic products, machinery,
199
+10.8
+3.8
+9.0
professional equipment: and optical goods
within which: Consumer electrical and electronic products
(107)
(-6.6)
(-14.4)
(-1.1)
:Machinery, equipment, apparatus,
(321)
(+20.4) (+9.7)
(+15.0)
parts and components
8. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries
ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES
84
-3.8
C3
-4.3
134
-2.4
-2.7
+0.9
Notes: 1 Four selected component industries, which carry relatively large weights and are major components of their relevant industry groups, are also included in the above table. For easy reading, the figures of these selected component industries 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 selected component industries presented in the above table. For the exact coverage of the industry groups and component industries in terms of HSIC codes, please refer to the publication 'Quarterly Index of Industrial Production, 4th Quarter 1995'.
* Change within :0.05%
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