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TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 1984

IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS WERE WEARING APPAREL, ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES (INCLUDING ELECTRONICS), TEXTILĖS, PLASTIC PRODUCTS, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT, AND METAL PRODUCTS.

THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 87 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE

OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983.

THE LARGEST INCREASES IN ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1982 OCCURRED IN ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES (INCLUDING ELECTRONICS) (+$2 429 MILLION), TEXTILES (+$1 574 MILLION), WEARING APPAREL (+$877 MILLION), METAL PRODUCTS

(+$539 MILLION), PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (+$415 MILLION), AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS (+$355 MILLION).

IN RELATIVE TERMS, THE MOST PROMINENT INCREASE WAS RECORDED IN MINING AND QUARRYING PRODUCTION, THE EXPORTS OF WHICH IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983 WERE ALMOST TWENTY TIMES THOSE IN THE SAME QUARTER OF 1982.

EXPORTS OF THE TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT AND BEVERAGES INDUSTRIES ALSO ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY, BEING FIVE TIMES AND THREE TIMES RESPECTIVELY THOSE IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1982.

OTHER INDUSTRIES WITH SIGNIFICANT PERCENTAGE INCREASES WERE TOBACCO (+90 PER CENT), ELECTRICITY (+67 PER CENT), AND ELECTRICAL MACHINERY AND APPLIANCES (INCLUDING ELECTRONICS) (+57 PER CENT); METAL PRODUCTS (+53 PER CENT), AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (+52 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED FOR AGRICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION, FOOD, RUBBER PRODUCTS, AND PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.

IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, THE DECREASES IN THESE FOUR INDUSTRY GROUPS WERE -41 PER CENT. -1 PER CENT, -7 PER CENT, AND -69 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. IN VALUE TERMS, HOWEVER, THE DECREASES WERE SMALL, FROM BELOW $1 MILLION FOR PETROLEUM AND COAL PRODUCTS TO $3 MILLION FOR LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.

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.

WHEN INTERPRETING THESE RE-CLASSIFIED FIGURES, IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT 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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