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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1992

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DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR 3RD QUARTER 1992

OF

GROUPS

IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992, THE THREE MAJOR INDUSTRY TEXTILES, WEARING APPAREL AND CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 59% OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES INCREASED BY 6% TO $15.6 BILLION IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992 AS COMPARED WITH THE SAME QUARTER LAST YEAR. THIS INCREASE WAS MAINLY DUE TO A GROWTH IN THE DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF KNITTED WEARS.

ON THE OTHER HAND, DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WEARING APPAREL DECREASED BY 2% TO $11.7 BILLION IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992. DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ALSO DROPPED BY 5% TO $9.8 BILLION.

AS FOR THE OTHER MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES, SIGNIFICANT INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE RECORDED IN THE INDUSTRY GROUPS OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS (+$844 MILLION OR +14%); PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, PRINTING AND PUBLISHING (+$301 MILLION OR +16%); AND TOBACCO MANUFACTURES (+$136 MILLION OR +26%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, SIGNIFICANT DECLINES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE REGISTERED IN PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$446 MILLION OR -20%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (-$44 MILLION OR -31%); AND FOOTWEAR (-$37 MILLION OR -24%).

THE ABOVE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING THE MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS ORIGINALLY GROUPED UNDER THE EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM ACCORDING ΤΟ THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE MERCHANDISE ITEMS ARE NORMALLY PRODUCED. TRANSACTIONS IN GOLD AND SPECIE ARE EXCLUDED.

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

KONG STANDARD DISTINGUISHED CLASSIFICATION

IN COMPARISON, THE HSIC IS MORE RELATED TO PRODUCTION PROCESSES WHEREAS THE SITC 1S MORE GEARED TO END USES OF PRODUCTS.

CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN WHEN REFERRING TO THESE DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN. THERE MAY BE SEVERAL INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IN THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS.

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

DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS OF A PARTICULAR INDUSTRY PRODUCED ABOVE MAY INCLUDE PRODUCTS WHICH ARE PRODUCED AS SECONDARY PRODUCTS BY ESTABLISHMENTS BELONGING TO OTHER INDUSTRIES.

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