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TUESDAY, AUGUST 30, 1988

2ND QUARTER EXPORT STATISTICS RE-CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN

SIX INDUSTRY GROUPS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 83 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY

CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF VALUE WERE: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; TEXTILES (INCLUDING KNITTING); WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR AND KNITWEAR: PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987 WERE: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+$2,908 MILLION); PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (+$957 MILLION); MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (+$684 MILLION); BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (+8492 MILLION); AND CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$332 MILLION).

INCREASES IN

IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987 WERE: TOBACCO (+88 PER CENT); MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (+71 PER CENT); AND CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+57 PER CENT).

IN

ON THE OTHER HAND, INDUSTRIES SHOWING THE LARGEST DECREASES THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BETWEEN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 AND THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987 WERE: TEXTILES. INCLUDING KNITTING (-$760 MILLION OR -7 PER CENT); PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$426 MILLION OR -12 PER CENT); AND WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR AND KNITWEAR ($395 MILLION OR -4 PER CENT).

OUTSIDE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM OCEAN AND COASTAL FISHING ROSE SIGNIFICANTLY (+58 MILLION OR +38 PER CENT) WHEN COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987, WHILE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICITY RECORDED A SIGNIFICANT DECREASE (-$47 MILLION OR -36 PER CENT).

THE ABOVE