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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1990

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2ND QUARTER EXPORTS STATISTICS RE-CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN PUBLISHED

THE SIX MOST IMPORTANT INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 WERE: ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING; WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR AND KNITWEAR; PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS; AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS, ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THEY TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 80.3 PER CENT OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1989 WERE TOBACCO (+$297 MILLION); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$264 MILLION); TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING (+$231 MILLION); PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (+$200 MILLION); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$122 MILLION).

IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989 WERE: TOBACCO (+68.6 PER CENT); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+21.9 PER CENT); FOOD (+17.5 PER CENT); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+8.9 PER CENT).

ON THE OTHER HAND, SEVERAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDED DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF 1989.

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AMONG THEM WERE : PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$462 MILLION OR -17.3 PER CENT); BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (-$260 MILLION OR 10.0 PER CENT); MACHINERY, EXCEPT ELECTRICAL (-$166 MILLION OR -8.0 PER CENT); AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (-$120 MILLION OR 0.9 PER CENT).

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MANUFACTURING

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INDUSTRIES, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM THE FISHING INDUSTRY INCREASED BY $36 MILLION OR 20.8 PER CENT OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1989, WHILE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICITY INCREASED BY $10 MILLION OR 5.8 PER CENT.

THE ABOVE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ACCORDING TO THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCEI), TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECJE ARE EXCLUDED.

THE CLASSIFICATION OF MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN IS STRUCTURED UPON THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES (1.8.1.C.), AS DISTINCT FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (S.I.T.C.) WHICH IS ADOPTED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

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