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MONDAY, MAY 16, 1994

DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS

CLASSIFIED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN FOR IST QUARTER

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THE THREE MAJOR INDUSTRY GROUPS OF WEARING APPAREL, TEXTILES AND CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC PRODUCTS TOGETHER ACCOUNTED FOR 52% OF HONG KONG'S TOTAL DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF MANUFACTURED GOODS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY (MONDAY) BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS OF WEARING APPAREL AND TEXTILES IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR DECREASED BY 5% AND 9% FROM A YEAR EARLIER TO $8.2 BILLION AND $7.9 BILLION RESPECTIVELY.

THOSE OF CONSUMER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC

PRODUCTS ALSO

DROPPED BY 20% TO $6.9 BILLION.

AS FOR OTHER INDUSTRY GROUPS, MORE SIGNIFICANT ABSOLUTE INCREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS WERE FOUND IN THE GROUPS OF MACHINERY, EQUIPMENT, APPARATUS, PARTS AND COMPONENTS (+$232 MILLION OR +4%); NON-METALLIC MINERAL PRODUCTS (+$103 MILLION OR +98%); AND FOOD (+$54 MILLION OR +11%).

FOR THE TRANSPORT EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY AND RUBBER PRODUCTS INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH THE CHANGES IN ABSOLUTE VALUE WERE NOT AS LARGE, MARKED PERCENTAGE INCREASES OF 79% AND 44% RESPECTIVELY WERE RECORDED.

ON THE OTHER HAND, INDUSTRY GROUPS THAT RECORDED MORE NOTABLE ABSOLUTE DECREASES IN THE VALUE OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS INCLUDED PROFESSIONAL. AND OPTICAL EQUIPMENT (-$411 MILLION OR - 11%): BASIC METALS AND FABRICATED METAL PRODUCTS (-$202 MILLION OR -9%); AND PLASTIC PRODUCTS (-$184 MILLION OR -11%}.

ABSOLUTE

FOR THE FOOTWEAR INDUSTRY, ALTHOUGH THE CHANGE IN VALUE WAS NOT AS LARGE, A MARKED PERCENTAGE DECLINE OF 22% WAS RECORDED.

THE STATISTICS ON DOMESTIC EXPORTS ANALYSED BY INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN ARE DERIVED BY RK-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 SPECIF ARE EXCLUDED.

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THE INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION USED IS THE HONG RONG STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION (HSIC) THE HSIC IS TO BE DISTINGUISHED FROM THE UNITED NATIONS STANDARD INTERNATIONAL TRÅDE 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.

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WHEN REFERRING TO

INDUSTRIAL ORIGIN.

FOR THE DEPARTMENT SAID CAUTION SHOULD BE TAKEN THESE DOMESTIC EXPORT STATISTICS CLASSIFIED BY

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