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FRIDAY, MAY 7, 1993

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Indexes of industrial production by broad industry group and selected industry group

(1986 =

100)

Index

% change over

for

Percentage

change in the

index for 1992

as a whole

Broad industry group!

Selected industry group

4th Qtr.4th Qtr.

3rd Qtr.

over that

1992

1991

1997

for 1991

1. Food, beverages and tobacco

173

+11.6

+7.5

+5.4

2. Wearing apparel, except footwear

122

+4.3

+1.7

+0.9

3. Textiles (including knitting)

134

-2.9

-9.5

+4.2

4. Paper products and printing

253

+17.1

-5.2

+16.9

5. Chemicals, rubber, plastic and non-metallic

mineral products

82

-12.8

-5.7

-4.7

-- Plastic products

(65)

(-16.7) (-11.0)

(-7.1)

6. Basic metals and fabricated metal products

106

-7.0

-3.6

-4.5

++

Fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment

(103)

(-8.0)

(-3.7)

(-4.6)

7. Electrical and electronic products, machinery, professional equipment and optical goods

Consumer electrical and electronic products

-- Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts

and components

B. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

Notes:

172

+6.2

+9.6

+2.0

(137) (-0.7)

(+10.5)

(-3.8)

(238) (+25.3)

(+11.2)

(+15.2)

99

-10.0

-1.0

-2.0

136

+1.5

0.0

+1.6

1. Four selected industry groups, which carry relatively large weights and are major components of the respective broad industry groups, are also included in the above table. For easy reading, the figures of these selected industry groups are shown in brackets.

2. As from the first quarter of 1992, the Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) is used to form the industry groups and broad industry groups presented in the above table. For the exact coverage of the groups in terms of HSIC codes, please refer to the 'Report on the Quarterly Index of Industrial Production, 4th Quarter 1992'.

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