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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,

1992

SECOND QUARTER DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS

MAJOR INDUSTRY

IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, THE THREE GROUPS OF TEXTILES, CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS, AND KONG'S TOTAL WEARING

ACCOUNTED FOR 56% OF HONG APPAREL TOGETHER

ΤΟ ACCORDING

STATISTICS EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, DOMESTIC RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

BILLION QUARTER OF

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY 13% TO $12.7 THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME

IN 1991.

AND

ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CONSUMER ELECTRICAL

IN THE SECOND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS DECREASED BY 3% TO $9.8 BILLION QUARTER OF 1992. DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WEARING APPAREL ALSO DROPPED BY 5% TO $9.6 BILLION.

AS FOR THE

MANUFACTURING OTHER

INDUSTRIES, SIGNIFICANT

WERE

THE RECORDED IN INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS

PARTS AND APPARATUS, EQUIPMENT, GROUP OF INDUSTRY

MACHINERY, COMPONENTS (+$1.1 BILLION OR +20%); PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING

OR +15%); AND CHEMICALS AND PUBLISHING (+$248 MILLION PRODUCTS (+$204 MILLION OR +13%).

HAND.

SIGNIFICANT DECLINES

AND CHEMICAL

IN THE VALUE OF ON THE OTHER DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED IN PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (-$558 MILLION OR -11%); PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$372 MILLION OR -18%); AND

-3%). CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS (-$309 MILLION OR

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

TRANSACTIONS IN WHICH THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED. IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.

KONG STANDARD BE DISTINGUISHED TRADE CLASSIFICATION

THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION USED IS THE HONG

(HSIC). THE HSIC IS TO INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL (SITC) USED IN THE REGULAR TRADE STATISTICS REPORTS.

IN

COMPARISON,

THE

#SIC

IS MORE

RELATED

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

CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN REFERRING TO THESE DOMESTIC EXPORT MAY BE SEVERAL CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN. THERE

OF CERTAIN PRODUCTION IN THE

STATISTICS INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING

MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS.

STAGES

AN

IN COMPILING THE ABOVE STATISTICS, THE TOTAL VALUE OF SUCH ITEM HAS HOWEVER BEEN WHOLLY RELATED TO THE INDUSTRY IN WHICH THE ITEM IS FINALLY PRODUCED.

/DOMESTIC EXPORT