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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1988
EXPORT STATISTICS RE-CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN
THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 WERE: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR AND KNITWEAR; TEXTILES (INCLUDING KNITTING); PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.
TOGETHER THEY ACCOUNTED FOR 83 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988.
THIS IS SHOWN BY STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987 WERE: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+$3,383 MILLION); PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (+$821 MILLION); MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL 1+$642 MILLION); BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (+$576 MILLION); AND CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$427 MILLION).
IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987 WERE: CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+61 PER CENT); MACHINERY, EXCEPT
ELECTRICAL (+55 PER CENT); AND BEVERAGES (+55 PER CENT).
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ON THE OTHER HAND A FEW INDUSTRIES RECORDED A DECREASE IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 AS COMPARED WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987.
THEY WERE: PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-9688 MILLION OR -16 PER CENT), TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING (-$468 MILLION OR -4 PER CENT) AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (-$5 MILLION OR -2 PER CENT).
OUTSIDE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM OCEAN AND COASTAL FISHING INCREASED BY $15 MILLION OR 14 PER CENT OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987, WHILE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICITY INCREASED SIGNIFICANTLY BY $51 MILLION OR 47 PER CENT.
OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM MINING AND QUARRYING DECREASED BY $1 MILLION OR 55 PER CENT.
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