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SUNDAY, JUNE 26, 1983

ANALYSIS OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS FOR MERCHANDISE,

RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR FIRST QUARTER

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THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY RELEASED DOMESTIC EXPORTS STATISTICS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1983.

THIS SERIES IS DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE COMMODITY ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED. SINCE ITS SCOPE IS CONFINED TO MERCHANDISE TRADE, TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE NOT INCLUDED.

IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS WERE WEARING APPAREL, ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND ELECTRONICS, TEXTILES, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND METAL PRODUCTS,

TOGETHER THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 86 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1983.

THE LARGEST INCREASES IN ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER THE FIRST -QUARTER OF 1982 OCCURRED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES

(INCLUDING ELECTRONICS) ($334 MILLION), TEXTILES ($282 MILLION), WEARING APPAREL ($194 MILLION), PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT ($152 MILLION), AND METAL PRODUCTS ($137 MILLION).

IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES WERE BEVERAGES (97 PER CENT), TOBACCO (90 PER CENT), FOOD (31 PER CENT), ELECTRICITY (25 PER CENT), CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (24 PER CENT), AND OCEAN AND COASTAL FISHING (22 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, SUBSTANTIAL DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$192 MILLION), FOOTWEAR (-$24 MILLION), AND WOOD PRODUCTS (-$18 MILLION).

IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, THE MOST SIGNIFICANT DECREASES WERE OBSERVED IN PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS (-75 PER CENT), MINING AND QUARRYING (-49 PER CENT), AGRICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION (-25 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (-23 PER CENT), AND RUBBER PRODUCTS (-21 PER CENT).

THE CLASSIFICATION OF COMMODITY EXPORT ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES (I.S.I.C.), AS DISTINCT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (S.I.T.C.) WHICH IS ADOPTED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

IN THE INTERPRETATION OF THESE RECLASSIFIED FIGURES, THE OVERALL EXPORT VALUE OF AN EXPORTED COMMODITY REQUIRING SEVERAL INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IS WHOLLY ALLOCATED TO THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH IT IS FINALLY PRODUCED, ALTHOUGH THE INDUSTRY IS NOT REALLY THE SOLE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE VALUE.

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