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THURSDAY, AUGUST 30,

1990

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Value of merchandise domestic exports

reclassified by industrial origin for the second quarter of 1990

Merchandise domestic exports

(HK$ '000)

Industrial origin of the

1990

1989

commodities exported

2nd qtr.

2nd qtr.

Value change

change

Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing

Agricultural, livestock and

poultry production

1,860

830

+1,030

+124.2

Fishing

208,484

172,584

+35,900

+20.8

Mining and Quarrying

2,316

1,389

+927

+66.7

Manufacturing

Food

437,296

372,056

+65,240

+17.5

Beverages

94,430

96,837

-2,407

-2.5

Tobacco

730,751

433,519

+297,232

+68.6

Textiles (including knitting}

10,749,483

10,518,383

+231,100

+2.2

Wearing apparel, except

10,017,671

9,994,052

+23,619

+0.2

footwear and knitwear

Leather and leather products

241,071

261,188

-20,118

-7.7

Footwear

213,043

263,019

-50.976

-19.4

Wood and cork products,

177,519

183,522

-6,003

-3.3

furniture and fixtures

Paper and paper products,

1,492,007

1,369,519

+122,488

+8.9

printing and publishing

Chemicals and chemical products

1,470,443

1,206,121

+264,321

+21.9

Products of petroleum and coal

Rubber products

1.430 24,618

Plastic products

2,206,454

1,908 27,526 2,668,090

-478

-25.1

-2,908

-10.6

-461,637

-17.3

Non-metallic mineral products

137,030

192,154

-55,125

-28.7

Basic metals and fabricated

2,326,680

2,586,391

-259,711

-10.0

metal products

Machinery, except electrical

1,921,844

2,088,158

-166,313

-8.0

Electrical and electronic

13,005,077

13,125,206

-120,129

-0.9

products

Transport equipment

26,177

61,454

-35,277

-57.4

Professional and optical

5,141,154

4,941,017

+200,137

+4.1

equipment

Other manufacturing industries

3,240,292

3,358,717

-118.425

-3.5

Electricity

179,546

169,693

+9,853

+5.8

Miscellaneous items

32,389

37,059

-4,670

-12.6

(e.g. developed photographic

plates, and film, antiques, and works of art)

Total

54,078,064

54,130,393

-52,329

-0.1

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.: 839 3223)

Census & Statistics Department,

Hong Kong.

August 1990

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