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Value of merchandise domestic exports reclassified by industrial origin

for the third quarter of 1990

Merchandise domestic exports

(HKS'000)

Industrial origin of the

commoditics exported

1990 3rd qtr.

1989

3rd qtr.

Value change

%

change

Agricultural, Forestry and Fishing

Agricultural, livestock and poultry

2,730

1,949

+781

+40.1

production

Fishing

93,143

116,046

-22,903

-19.7

Mining and Quarrying

1,009

1,298

-289

-22.3

Manufacturing

Food

496,823

426,330

+70,493

+16.5

Beverages

108,295

86,961

+21,334

+24.5

Tobacco

691,730

512,423

+179,307

+35.0

Textiles (including knitting)

13,029,118

13,304,370

-275,252

-2.1

Wearing apparel, except footwear and

12,218,221

12,562,245

-344,023

-2.7

knitwear

Leather and leather products

261,438

259,851

+1,587

+0.6

Footwear

226,020

260,449

-34,429

-13.2

Wood and cork products, furniture and

159,931

178,036

-18,106

-10.2

fixtures

Paper and paper products, printing and

1,700,120

1,532,310

+167,811

+11.0

publishing

Chemicals and chemical products

1,585,316

1,276,323

+308,993

+24.2

Products of petroleum and coal

1,781

1,583

+198

+12.5

Rubber products

25,781

29,920

-4,140

-13.8

Plastic products

2,305,267

2,891,467

-586,200

-20.3

Non-metallic mineral products

133,056

175,374

-42,318

-24.1

Basic metals and fabricated metal

2,260,926

2,636,256

-375.339

-14.2

products

Machinery, except electrical

1,924,052

2,037,134

-113,082

-5.6

Electrical and electronic products

13,892,140

13,984,948

-92,807

-0.7

Transport equipment

43,635

65,159

-21,524

-33.0

Professional and optical equipment

6,023,601

5,643,480

+380,121

+6.7

Other manufacturing industries

3,594,875

3,654,241

-59,367

-1.6

Electricity

255,055

196,091

+58,954

+30.1

Miscellaneous items

27,653

35,850

-8,197

-22.9

(e.g. developed photographic plates

and film, antiques, and works of art)

Total

61,061,716

61,870,103

-808,387

-1.3

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

Industrial Research Section,

Census & Statistics Department,

Hong Kong.

Tel.: 839 3223

November 1990

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