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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1989

Value of merchandise domestic exports

reclassified by industrial origin for the third quarter of 1989

Industrial origin of the

Merchandise domestic exports

(HK$ '000)

commodities exported

1989 3rd qtr.

1988 3rd qtr.

Value

change

change

Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing

Agricultural, livestock and

poultry production

Ocean and coastal fishing

1.949

5,453

-3,504

-64.3

116,046

121,867

-5,821

-4.8

1,298

1.197

+101

+8.4

Mining and Quarrying

Manufacturing

Food

426,330

401,858

+24.462

+6.1

Beverages

86,961

110,888

-23.926

-21.6

Tobacco

512,423

403,627

+108,796

+27.0

Textiles (including knitting)

13,304,370

11,727,598

+1,576,772

+13.4

Wearing apparel, except

12,562,245

11,875,973

+686,272

+5.8

footwear and knitwear

Leather and leather products

259,851

246,899

+12,952

+5.2

Footwear

260,449

367,071

-106,622

-29.0

Wood and cork products,

furniture and fixtures

178,036

224,941

-46,905

-20.9

Paper and paper products,

1,532,310

1.464.669

+67,641

+4.6

printing and publishing

Chemicals and chemical products

1,276,323

1.129,717

+146,606

+13.0

Products of petroleum and coal

Rubber products

1,583 29,920

Plastic products

2,891,467

1,746 47,637 3,519,724

-162

-9.3

-17,716 -628,257

-37.2

-17.8

Non-metallic mineral products

175,374

203,364

-27,990

-13. B

Basic metals and fabricated

2,636,266

2,867,295

-231,029

1

metal products

Machinery, except electrical

2,037,134

1,799,349

+237,785

+13.2

Electrical and electronic

13,984,948

15,011,237

-1,026,290

-6.8

products

Transport equipment

65,159

Professional and optical

5,643,480

62,486 5,359,479

+2,673

+4.3

+284,002

+5.3

equipment

Other manufacturing industries

3,654,241

3,616,545

+37,697

+1.0

Electricity

196,091

160,279

+35,812

+22.3

Miscellaneous items

35,850

23,636

+12,214

+51.7

(e.g. developed photographic plates and film, antiques,

and works of art)

Total

61,870,103

60,754,542

+1,115,551

+1.B

Individual entries of a column may not add up exactly to the corresponding total due to rounding.

Industrial Research Section, (Tel.: 5-8234832) '

Census & Statistics Department,

Hong Kong.

November 1989

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