Domestic exports of manufactured goods classified by
industrial origin for the Fisrt quarter of 2001

$ million

Merchandise domestic exports

Industrial origin of the
commodities exported
2001
1st qtr.
2000
1st qtr.
Value
change
%
change

Food 322.1 374.0 -51.9 -13.9
Beverages 59.7 58.4 +1.3 +2.2
Tobacco manufactures 183.3 159.5 +23.8 +14.9
Textiles (including knitting) 7,368.7 8,644.1 -1,275.4 -14.8
Wearing apparel (except footwear) 8,614.5 9,950.6 -1,336.1 -13.4
Leather and leather products
  (except footwear and wearing apparel)
75.7 69.0 +6.7 +9.7
Footwear (except rubber, plastic
   and wooden footwear)
20.4 16.2 +4.2 +25.6
Wood and cork products,
  furniture and fixtures
27.9 29.1 -1.3 -4.3
Paper and paper products,
  printing and publishing
1,404.1 1,491.9 -87.8 -5.9
Chemicals and chemical products 1,378.4 1,361.3 +17.1 +1.3
Products of petroleum and coal 56.0 54.9 +1.1 +2.1
Rubber products 10.7 14.4 -3.7 -25.8
Plastic products 476.2 478.6 -2.4 -0.5
Non-metallic mineral products (except
   products of petroleum and coal)
33.2 30.2 +2.9 +9.8
Basic metals and fabricated
   metal products
1,074.7 1,907.0 -832.3 -43.6
Machinery, equipment, apparatus,
  parts and components
7,619.8 9,039.5 -1,419.7 -15.7
Consumer electrical and electronic products 2,814.0 3,942.2 -1,128.2 -28.6
Transport equipment 2.3 120.9 -118.6 -98.1
Professional and optical equipment 1,822.9 1,680.0 +142.9 +8.5
Other manufacturing industries 1,608.0 1,946.5 -338.4 -17.4
Total 34,972.6 41,368.3 -6,395.8 -15.5

Notes : 1. Individual entries of a column may not add up exactly to the corresponding total owing to rounding. All percentage changes are calculated from unrounded figures.
2. The statistics in the above table are derived by re-grouping the merchandise export items (except gold and specie) under the Standard International Trade Classification, Revision 3 according to the industries in which these items are normally produced. Owing to the change in trade classification, the above statistics may not be strictly comparable with those published for earlier years.

Last updated: 17 May 2001