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Domestic exports of manufactured goods classified by industrial origin

for the second quarter of 1996

Merchandise domestic exports

Industrial origin of the

1996

commodities exported

2nd qtr.

1995 2nd qtr.

$ Million

Value change

%

change

Food

677.1

686.4

-9.4

-1.4

Beverages

157.6

205.2

-47.6

-23.2

Tobacco manufactures

599.9

587.8

+12.1.

+2.1

Textiles (including knitting)

9,734.0

11,305.1

-1,571.1

-13.9

Wearing apparel, except footwear

9,371.4

9,750.0

-378.6

-3.9

Leather and leather products, except

373.1

424.8

-51.7

-12.2

footwear and wearing apparel

Footwear, except rubber, plastic and

10.01

21.8

-11.7

-54.0

wooden footwear

Wood and cork products, furniture and

fixtures

63.2

89.4

-26.3

-29,4

Paper and paper products, printing and

2,108.9

2,157.5

-48.7

-2.3

publishing

Chemicals and chemical products

2,058.6

2,232,4

-173.8

-7.8

Products of petroleum and coal

8.6

6.6.

+2.1

+31.3

Rubber products

17.3

22.3

-5.0

-22.2

Plastic products

1,205.6

1,281.9

-76.3

-6.0

Non-metallic mineral products, except

97.9

128.3

-30.4

-23.7

products of petroleum and coal

Basic metals and fabricated metal

2,348.1

2,606.0

-257.9]

-9.9

products

Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts

9,087.6

9,974.9

-887.3

-8.9

and components

Consumer electrical and electronic products

6,412.0

7,577.9

-1,165.9

-15.4

Transport equipment

31.1

23.6

+7.5

+31.6

Professional and optical equipment

3,814.2

4,068.1

-253.9

-6.2

Other manufacturing industries

3,306.3

3,413.9

-107.7

-3.2

Total

51,482.3

56,563.8

-5,081.5

-9.0

Notes: 1. Individual entries of a column may not add up exactly to the corresponding total due to rounding.

All percentage changes are calculated from unrounded figures.

2. The statistics presented in the above table are derived by re-grouping the merchandise export items

(except gold and specie) under the external trade classification system according to the industries in which these items are normally produced. As from 1992, the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3 (SITC R3) has been adopted in place of the Revision 2 (SITC R2) for the classification of trade statistics. The above statistics may not be strictly comparable with those published for earlier years due to the change in trade classification.

General Economic Surveys Section,

Census & Statistics Department,

Hong Kong.

Tel.: 2805 6642

August 1996

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