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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1991

THIRD QUARTER DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN RELEASED

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VALUE

OF

FOR

THE SIX MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS WITH THE LARGEST DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 TOGETHER ACCOUNTED 80.7%

THE TOTAL VALUE OF MERCHANDISE DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THAT

BY ACCORDING TO THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY)

THE QUARTER, CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

OF

THE SIX GROUPS WERE: TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING; WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR; CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS; MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS; PROFESSIONAL

AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT; AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS.

OVER

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE ABSOLUTE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990 WERE TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING (+$1,590 MILLION); MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS (+$968 MILLION); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$218 MILLION); PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$134 MILLION); METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (+$69 MILLION).

PAPER AND AND BASIC

QUARTER

IN PERCENTAGE TERMS, MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES WITH THE LARGEST

IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD INCREASES

OF 1991 OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990 WERE : PRODUCTS OF PETROLEUM AND COMPONENTS COAL (+205.0%); MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PARTS AND

CHEMICALS (+19.1%);

AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+13.7%); AND TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING (+12.2%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDED DECREASES

QUARTER OF THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE THIRD IN 1991 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF 1990.

AMONG THEM WERE: PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (-$1,199 MILLION OR -19.8%); CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (-$382

OR MILLION

-3.6%); PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$201 MILLION OR -8.7%); TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (-$166 MILLION OR -23.9%).

AND

THE ABOVE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE

EXPORT DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT MERCHANDISE 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

STANDARD

INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION USED IS THE HONG KONG INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (HSIC), THE HSIC IS TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM (SITC) THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION USED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS IN THAT THE FORMER IS MORE RELATED TO PRODUCTION PROCESSES WHEREAS THE LATTER IS MORE GEARED TO END USES OF PRODUCTS.

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