| % change | |||||
| Industry group | 2nd Qtr. 2003 compared with 2nd Qtr. 2002 (Revised) |
3rd Qtr. 2003 compared with 3rd Qtr. 2002 (Provisional) | |||
|
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| 1. | Wearing apparel (except footwear) | +0.1 | +0.2 | ||
| 2. | Textiles (including knitting) | -0.5 | -0.2 | ||
| 3. | Paper products and printing | -2.3 | -1.7 | ||
| 4. | Plastic products | +2.5 | +2.8 | ||
| 5. | Fabricated metal products | -3.9 | -3.5 | ||
| (except machinery and equipment) | |||||
| 6. | Consumer electrical and electronic products | -0.8 | -2.3 | ||
| 7. | Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components | +0.1 | +0.6 | ||
| 8. | Other manufacturing industries | -1.3 | +0.7 | ||
| All manufacturing industries | -0.9 | ## | |||
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| Notes : | The Hong Kong
Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) is used to form the industry
groups. For the coverage of the
industry groups in terms of HSIC codes, please refer to the 'Quarterly Producer
Price Indices for Manufacturing Industries, 3rd Quarter
2003'
report. | |||
| ## Change within +/-0.05% | ||||