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MONDAY, MAY 29, 1989

INCREASES IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST

OF 1988 WERL THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE FIRST QUARTER

MACHINERY, EXCEPT CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+45.5 PER CENT);

FOOD (+22.1 ELECTRICAL (+38.9 PER CENT }; BEVERAGES (+25.8 PER CENT); PER CENT) AND TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+21.4 PER CENT).

DOMESTIC AS COMPARED WITH (-3182 INDUSTRY ( -$34 MILLION OR

ON THE OTHER HAND, MODERATE DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989

THE PLASTIC IN

PRODUCTS THE SAME QUARTER OF 1988 MILLION OR -7.4 PER CENT) AND THE TOBACCO INDUSTRY 7.5 PER CENT).

ORIGINATING

OUTSIDE THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR, DOMESTIC EXPORTS

OR 22.4 PER FROM OCEAN AND COASTAL FISHING INCREASED BY #36 MILLION

WHILE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CENT OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988, ELECTRICITY INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY BY $47 MILLION OR 43.3 PER CENT.

THE

STATISTICS

ARE ITEMS

DOMESTIC

ANALYSED EXPORTS

BY

RE-GROUPING

ALL SIX-DIGIT CLASSIFICATION

ABOVE

ON

BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN

DERIVED MERCHANDISE EXPORT

UNDER THE EXTERNAL TRADE

THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED. TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.

ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD

ACTIVITIES

THE CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE EXPORT ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC DISTINCT FROM THE UNITED

STANDARD NATIONS WHICH IS ADOPTED IN CLASSIFICATION (S.I.T.C.) STATISTICS REPORTS.

(I.S.I.C.),

INTERNATIONAL

THE

AS TRADE REGULAR TRADE

THESE RE-CLASSIFIED CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN REFERRING TO

EXPORT ITEMS MAY MERCHANDISE

REQUIRE SEVERAL STATISTICS. CERTAIN

PRODUCTION. IN SUCH CASES, INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IN THEIR

PRODUCED IS NOT THE SOLE THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH AN ITEM IS FINALLY

OF THAT ITEM.

THE TOTAL HOWEVER, CONTRIBUTOR TO THE EXPORT VALUE

IN THIS VALUE OF THE ITEM HAS WHOLLY BEEN ALLOCATED TO THAT INDUSTRY RE-CLASSIFICATION.

ΤΟ BESIDES, THE CLASSIFICATION OF A MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEM

ENTIRE EXPORT VALUE OF PARTICULAR INDUSTRY DOES NOT IMPLY THAT THE

ESTABLISHMENTS OF TO THE

THAT INDUSTRY, THE ITEM IS ATTRIBUTABLE

TO PRODUCTION BY ESTABLISHMENTS SINCE PART OF THE VALUE MAY BE DUE CLASSIFIED UNDER OTHER INDUSTRIES AS SECONDARY PRODUCTS.

FURTHER DETAILS

OF MERCHANDISE

THE

DOMESTIC

INDUSTRIAL

EXPORTS

RESEARCH

STATISTICS TABLE

OF SECTION

THE

RE-CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN MAY BE FOUND IN THE ATTACHED WHICH IS OBTAINABLE FROM 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, 1989",

STATISTICS

THE REPORT

NALUE OF