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THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1990

Value of merchandise domestic exports

reclassified by industrial origin for the first quarter of 1990

Industrial origin of the

commodities exported

Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing

Agricultural, livestock and

poultry production

Ocean and coastal fishing

Kining and Quarrying

Kanufacturing

Food

Merchandise domestic exports

(HK$ '000)

1990 1st qtr.

1989 1st qtr.

Value change

* change

2,359

1,443

+915

+63.4

134,031

194,480

-60,449

-31.1

2,887

1,496

+1,391

+93.0

421,359

370,186

+51,174

+13.8

Beverages

70,720

83,163

-12,443

-15.0

Tobacco

708,428

420,905

+287.523

+68.3

Textiles (including knitting)

8,302,691

8,093,698

+208,993

+2.6

Wearing apparel, except

9,570,959

9,656,339

-85,380

-0.9

footwear and knitwear

Leather and leather products

211,146

193,742

+17,404

+9.0

Footwear

199,860

257,749

-57,889

-22.5

Wood and cork products,

141,683

181,460

-39,777

-21.9

furniture and fixtures

Paper and paper products,

1,227,970

1,128,897

+99,073

+8.8

printing and publishing

Chemicals and chemical products

1,197,440

Products of petroleum and coal

Rubber products

1.321 41.918

Plastic products

2,006,263

Non-metallic mineral products

107,208

990,143 1,119 36,057 2,275,464 179,370

+207,298

+20.9

+201

+18.0

+5,861

+16.3

-269,201

-11.8

-72,162

-40.2

Basic metals and fabricated

2,023,547

2,439,776

-416,229

-17.1

metal products

Machinery, except electrical

1,573,625

1,792,849

-219,223

-12.2

Electrical and electronic

10,848,385

11,829,263

-980,878

-8.3

products

Transport equipment

41,666

Professional and optical

4,407,296

41,127 4,517,119

+539

+1.3

-109,823

-2.4

equipment

Other manufacturing industries

3,059,379

3,054,410

+4,970

+0.2

Electricity

Miscellaneous items

128,964

29,015

156.320

30.660

-27,356

-17.5

-1,645

-5.4

fe.g. developed photographic plates and film, antiques, and works of art)

Total

46,460.121

47,927,235

-1,467,114

-3.1

Individual entries of a column may not add up exactly to the corresponding total due to rounding. All percentage changes are calculated based on unrounded figures.

Industrial Research Section, (Tel.: 823 4832)

Census & Statistics Department,

Hong Kong.

May 1990

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