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TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1993

DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS

CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR 2ND QUARTER

THE THREE MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS OF TEXTILES, WEARING APPAREL, AND CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 54% OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (TUESDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

11%

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF TEXTILES AND WEARING APPAREL DECREASED BY AND

4% FROM A YEAR EARLIER TO $11.2 BILLION AND $9.2 BILLION RESPECTIVELY IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1993.

OF THOSE

CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS ALSO DROPPED,

BY 11% TO $8.7

BILLION.

FOR AS

THE OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS, ABSOLUTE INCREASE IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WAS FOUND ONLY IN THE GROUP OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS (+$859 MILLION OR +13%).

ON THE OTHER HAND, INDUSTRY GROUPS WHICH RECORDED THE MORE NOTABLE ABSOLUTE DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT

PLASTIC (-$746 MILLION OR -16%); PRODUCTS ( -$313 MILLION OR -18%); AND BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (-$168 MILLION OR -7%).

CHANGES

FOR THE PRODUCTS OF TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY AND THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH THE ABSOLUTE VALUES OF THE

WERE NOT AS LARGE, MARKED PERCENTAGE DECLINES OF 42% AND 33% RESPECTIVELY WERE REGISTERED.

THE ABOVE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL

ARE ORIGIN

DERIVED BY RE-GROUPING THE MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS ORIGINALLY GROUPED UNDER THE EXTERNAL TRADE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

ΤΟ ACCORDING

THE INDUSTRIES IN WHICH THESE

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

ARE

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

IN COMPARISON, THE HSIC 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

CLASSIFTED

THERE BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN.

BE SEVERAL

STATISTICS

MAY

INTERMEDIATE PROCESSING STAGES IN THE PRODUCTION OF CERTAIN MERCHANDISE EXPORT ITEMS.

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