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THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1991

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2ND QUARTER 1991 DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN

VALUE OF TEXTILES,

THE SIX MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS WITH THE LARGEST DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991 ARE : INCLUDING KNITTING; CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR; MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PART'S AND COMPONENTS; PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.

AND BASIC

THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (THURSDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

THESE GROUPS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 79.2% OF THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991 OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990 WERE MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS (+$501 MILLION); TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING (+$467 MILLION); CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (+$337 MILLION); WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR (+$264 MILLION); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$206 MILLION); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$190 MILLION).

IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991 OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990 WERE : TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT (+142.0%); PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL (+89.4%); BEVERAGES (+39.0%); FOOD (+25.2%); AND RUBBER PRODUCTS (+21.7%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, SEVERAL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDED DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990.

THEY WERE : PLASTIC PRODUCTS ( -$205 MILLION OR -9.2%); FOOTWEAR, EXCEPT RUBBER, PLASTIC AND WOODEN FOOTWEAR (-$68 MILLION OR -31.9%); WOOD AND CORK PRODUCTS, FURNITURE AND FIXTURES (-$23 MILLION (2.8%); AND NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS, EXCEPT PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COAL (-$13 MILLION OR -9.2%).

OUTSIDE

THE MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, DOMESTIC EXPORTS ORIGINATING FROM THE FISHING INDUSTRY DECREASED BY $8 MILLION OR 3.8% AS COMPARED WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1990, WHILE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF ELECTRICITY INCREASED BY $93 MILLION OR 51.7%.

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 PRODUCED.

TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.

THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION USED 18 THE HONG KONG STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (HSIC).

/THE HSIC