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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1987

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1986 EXPORTS STATISTICS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN RELEASED

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THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF 1986 DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES, PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT PLASTIC PRODUCTS, AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.

TOGETHER THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 84 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF DOMESTIC MERCHANDISE EXPORTS.

AMONG ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, THE LARGEST INCREASES IN ABSOLUTE VALUE OVER 1985 WERE RECORDED IN TEXTILES (+$6 979 MILLION), ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+$6 027 MILLION), WEARING APPAREL (+$3 375 MILLION), PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (+$2 470 MILLION), PLASTIC PRODUCTS (+31 970 MILLION), AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$647 MILLIÓk).

IN RELATIVE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST PERCENTAGE INCREASES OVER 1985 WERE NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (+32 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (+31 PER CENT), TEXTILES (+29 PER CENT), AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+27 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS COMPARED WITH 1985 WERE RECORDED FOR NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY

(-$260 MILLION OR -9 PER CENT), AND LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (-341 MILLION OR PER CENT).

BESIDES THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM THE MINING AND QUARRYING SECTOR ROSE SUBSTANTIALLY FROM 1985 (+133 PER CENT), WHILE THOSE FROM OCEAN AND COASTAL FISHING WENT UP BY 55 PER CENT. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE DOMESTIC EXPORT VALUE OF AGRICULTURAL, LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY PRODUCTION DECLINED BY 33 PER CENT.

THESE ARE SOME OF THE STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR 1986.

THIS SERIES IS DERIVED BY REGROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE PRESENT EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED. TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.

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THE CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES (1.8.1.c.) AS DISTINCT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (9.1.T.C.) WHICH IS ADOPTED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

WHEN REFERRING