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MONDAY, MARCH 2, 1992

1991 DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN

IN TERMS OF VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS, THE

GROUPS MAJOR INDUSTRY

TEXTILES INCLUDING IN 1991 WERE APPAREL EXCEPT

ELECTRICAL CONSUMER FOOTWEAR, WEARING ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS.

THREE LEADING KNITTING,

AND

AND

(MONDAY)

TO $19,534

DETAILS ARE SHOWN IN THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

IN 1991, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AMOUNTED MILLION, REPRESENTING A 9.6% INCREASE OVER 1990.

$39,909

MILLION

DONESTIC EXPORTS OF WEARING APPAREL, AND CONSUMER ELECTRICAL

MILLION AND PRODUCTS, AT $43,835 RESPECTIVELY, WERE VIRTUALLY UNCHANGED FROM 1990.

AND ELECTRONIC

THE

VALUE

IN

TEXTILES, EQUIPMENT,

OR +11.8%);

AND FOOD

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDING THE LARGEST INCREASES

1990 WERE EXPORTS IN 1991 OVER OF DOMESTIC INCLUDING KNITTING (+$4,345 MILLION OR +9.6%); MACHINERY, APPARATUS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS (+$2,867 MILLION OR +14.5%); PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$718 MILLION CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (+$617 MILLION OR (+$156 MILLION OR +8.2%).

+10.3% };

RECORDING 1990 WERE MILLION OR -11.1%); TOBACCO MANUFACTURES

PLASTIC

AND

ON THE OTHER HAND, OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN 1991 OVER PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT {-$2,510 PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-9980 MILLION OR -11.1%); {-$405 MILLION OR -13.4%); AND

-13.4%); AND FOOTWEAR EXCEPT RUBBER, WOODEN FOOTWEAR (-$283 MILLION OR -32.8%).

BY

THE ABOVE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING ALL SIX-DIGIT MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS UNDER THE EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ACCORDING

IN WHICH THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS TO THE INDUSTRIES

ARE NORMALLY

PRODUCED.

TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.

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

THE

THE UNITED

HS IC

NATIONS IS TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION (SITC) USED IN THE REGULAR TRADE

IN

MORE STATISTICS REPORTS

THAT THE FORMER IS

RELATED TO USES OF PRODUCTION PROCESSES WHEREAS THE LATTER IS MORE GEARED TO END PRODUCTS.

CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN REFERRING TO EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN.

MAY

THESE

DOMESTIC

REQUIRE

SEVERAL

CERTAIN MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IN THEIR PRODUCTION.

/HOWEVER, IN