SUNDAY, MAY 29, 1988
IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987 WERE: LEATHER AND LEATHER PRODUCTS (+75 PER CENT); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+63 PER CENT); AND NON-ELECTRICAL MACHINERY (+63 PER CENT).
ON THE OTHER HAND, MODERATE DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988 OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1987 IN THE PLASTIC PRODUCTS INDUSTRY (-$159 MILLION OR -6 PER CENT) AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY (-$1 MILLION OR -4 PER CENT).
OUTSIDE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM OCEAN AND COASTAL FISHING ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY (+21 PER CENT) WHEN COMPARED WITH THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1987, WHILE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICITY RECORDED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE (-26 PER CENT).
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THE ABOVE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING 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.
THE CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES (ISIC), AS DISTINCT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC) WHICH IS ADOPTED IN
REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.
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CAUTION MUST BE TAKEN WHEN REFERRING ΤΟ THESE RE-CLASSIFIED STATISTICS. CERTAIN MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS MAY REQUIRE SEVERAL INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES FOR THEIR PRODUCTION. IN SUCH CASES, THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH AN ITEM IS FINALLY PRODUCED IS NOT THE SOLE CONTRIBUTOR TO THE EXPORT VALUE OF THAT ITEM. HOWEVER, THE OVERALL VALUE OF THE ITEM HAS WHOLLY BEEN ALLOCATED TO THAT INDUSTRY IN THIS RE-CLASSIFICATION.
BESIDES, THE CLASSIFICATION OF A MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEM TO A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THE ENTIRE VALUE OF THE ITEM IS PRODUCED BY THE ESTABLISHMENTS OF THAT INDUSTRY, SINCE PART OF THE VALUE MAY BE DUE TO SECONDARY PRODUCTS PRODUCED BY ESTABLISHMENTS CLASSIFIED UNDER OTHER INDUSTRIES.
EXPORTS STATISTICS
A TABLE GIVING FURTHER DETAILS OF DOMESTIC FOR MERCHANDISE RECLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT (TEL. 5-8234832).
A TABLE SHOWING MORE DETAILED BREAKDOWNS OF SIMILAR FOR SELECTED MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES IS ALSO INCLUDED IN "HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE, MARCH 1988"
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