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MONDAY, JUNE 1, 1992

DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS 1ST QUARTER 1992

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THREE LEADING MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS IN TERMS OF VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR WERE WEARING APPAREL EXCEPT FOOTWEAR; TEXTILES INCLUDING KNITTING; AND ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS.

CONSUMER

THESE ARE SHOWN IN THE STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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IN THE QUARTER, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AMOUNTED TO BILLION, REPRESENTING A 6% INCREASE OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991.

$9.2

ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WEARING APPAREL ($9.4 BILLION) AND CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ($8.3 BILLION) RECORDED DECREASES OF 5% AND 9% RESPECTIVELY.

MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDING THE LARGEST INCREASES IN THE VALUB OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 OVER THE SAME QUARTER OF 1991 WERE TEXTILES, INCLUDING KNITTING +6%); MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PARTS AND MILLION OR +7%); CHEMICALS AND CHEMICAL PRODUCTS +22%); AND PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND MILLION OR +18%).

(+$530 MILLION OR COMPONENTS (+$350 (+$260 MILLION OR

PUBLISHING (+$240:

ON THE OTHER HAND, SOME MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES RECORDED DECLINES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER OF 1991.

THEY INCLUDED CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (-$830 MILLION OR -9%); PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (-$600 MILLION OR -13%); WEARING APPAREL, EXCEPT FOOTWEAR (-$490 MILLION OR -5%); AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (-$240 MILLION OR -35%).

THE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING THE 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 IS THE HONG KONG STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (HSIC).

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

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

CERTAIN MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS MAY INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IN THEIR PRODUCTION.

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