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Indices of industrial production by industry group and selected component industry

(1986 = 100)

Industry group/

Selected component industry

Index

% change over

for

4th Qtr.

4th Qtr.

3rd Qu.

Percentage change in the index for 1996

1996

1995

1996

es a whole

1.

Food, beverages and tobacco

163

-5.3

-7.6

-1.0

2.

Wearing apparel (except footwear)

126

-2.4

+8.6

-4.3

3. Textiles (including knitting)

111

-1.5

-8.6

-6.3

4. Paper products and printing

257

-1.4

-13.9

-1.9

5. Chemical, rubber, plastic and

67

+3.7

+4.2

+0.1

non-metallic mineral products

within which : Plastic products

Basic metals and fabricated metal products

888

(39)

(+3.2)

(-1.4)

(-3.9)

-6.8

-3.8

-8.9

within which: Fabricated metal products

(except machinery and equipment)

(83)

(-8.7)

(-5.8)

(-10.0)

7.

Electrical and electronic products, machinery,

185

-7.0

+5.3

-5.1

professional equipment and optical goods

within which : Consumer electrical and electronic products

(97)

(-10.1)

(-11.0)

(-11.0)

: Machinery, equipment, apparatus,

(311)

(-3.2)

(+10.9)

(+0.1)

parts and components

8. Miscellaneous manufacturing industries

ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES

89

+5.5

+4.5

+2.4

130

-3.0

-0.9

-3.5

Notes: 1. Four selected component industries, which carry relatively large weights and are major components of their relevant industry groups, are also included in the above table. For easy reading, the figures of these selected component industries 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 selected component industries presented in the above table. For the exact coverage of the industry groups and component industries in terms of HSIC codes, please refer to the publication "Quarterly Index of Industrial Production, 4th Quarter 1996'.

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