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102 Commerce and Industry

industry. Chart 1 shows the breakdown of employment within the manufacturing sector as at December 2007.

Chart 1

Number of Persons Employed by the Manufacturing Sector as at December 2007

Others

26.0% (40 600)

Chemical products 3.3% (5 200)

Electronics 7.7% (12 000)

Clothing

10.3% (16 100)

Textiles 10.9% (17 000)

Printing and publishing

24.7% (38 600)

Food and beverages 17% (26 500)

The manufacturing sector remains export-oriented and its excellent performance contributed to Hong Kong's ranking as one of the world's leading exporters of clothing, watches and clocks, toys, jewellery and textiles. Domestic exports amounted to $109.1 billion in 2007 with clothing, electronics, chemical products, jewellery and textiles being the major export items. Chart 2 shows the value breakdown of domestic exports in 2007.

Chart 2

Value of Domestic Exports of the Manufacturing Sector in 2007

Others

22.7% ($24.668 billion)

Printing and publishing

2.6% ($2.849 billion)

Textiles

3.3% ($3.608 billion)

Jewellery

8.0% ($8.704 billion)

Chemical products 9.8% ($10.719 billion)

Clothing

35.6% ($38.889 billion)

Electronics

18.0% ($19.685 billion)