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Appendix 16b

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)

Hong Kong's Domestic Exports of Principal Commodity Groups

Commodity groups (1)

Textiles and clothing

Electronic products(2)

Watches and clocks(2)

Plastic products

Electrical appliances

Notes:

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373

Percentage Change

1986

1987

1988

1988 Over

$ Million

$ Million

$ Million

1987

63,117

81,326

82,860

+2

33,393

42,048

55,561

+32

11,667

13,856

17,346

+25

12,716

13,876

11,847

- 15

4,843

5,606

5,460

-3

Total domestic exports(2) of the above 5 groups

117,594

146,860

160,512

+9

As a % of all domestic exports

76%

75%

74%

(1) For a breakdown of Hong Kong's external trade by the Standard International Trade Classification (SITC) Revision 2, the table in Appendix 16a should be referred to. The statistics there are presented according to the complete classification of commodities by SITC Section, and within each Section, by major SITC Division. The table presented here is compiled for the convenience of those readers who may be more interested in domestic exports of certain commodity groups which are commonly referred to but which may not be readily derived from Appendix 16a because each of them cuts across two or more SITC Sections, Divisions or sub-classifications within such Sections and Divisions.

(2) There is some overlapping in the commodity coverage of 'electronic products' and 'watches and clocks". Some commodity items, such as digital electronic watches, are included in both groups. However, the values of these items are counted only once in the value of 'total domestic exports of the above 5 groups'.

(3) The correspondence between the commodity groups in the above table and the Sections/Divisions in Appendix 16a is as follows:-

(i) The commodity group 'textiles and clothing' shown in the above table corresponds to the total of the divisions ‘textile yarn, fabrics,

made-up articles, n.e.s. and related products' and 'articles of apparel and clothing accessories' in Appendix 16a.

(ii) The commodity group 'electronic products' in the above table has been obtained by re-grouping some commodity items in the SITC Revision 2. A commodity item is a more refined level of breakdown than the commodity Divisions shown in Appendix 16a. Those items constituting 'electronic products' spread across and are part of several commodity Divisions, namely, 'office machines and automatic data processing equipment', 'telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment', *electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s. and electrical parts thereof, professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n.e.s.', 'photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.s.; watches and clocks", and 'miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.'.

(iii) The commodity group 'plastic products' shown in the above table has been obtained by re-grouping some commodity items from several Divisions, namely, 'Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.' and a few others which are collectively shown as 'others' under the Section 'Miscellaneous manufactured articles' in Appendix 16a.

(iv) The commodity group 'watches and clocks' shown in the above table includes mainly items from the Division 'Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n.e.s.; watches and clocks', plus the item metal watch bands which belongs to 'miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.' in Appendix 16a.

(v) The commodity group 'electrical appliances' shown in the above table is part of the Division 'Electrical machinery, apparatus and

appliances, n.e.s. and electrical parts thereof in Appendix 16a.