| % change | |||||||
| Industry group / Selected component industry |
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| 3rd
Qtr. 2003 compared with 3rd Qtr. 2002 (Revised) |
4th Qtr.
2003 compared with 4th Qtr. 2002 (Provisional) |
2003 compared with 2002 (Provisional) |
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| 1. | Food, beverages and tobacco | -12.8 | -4.1 | -11.6 | |||
| 2. | Wearing apparel (except footwear) | +17.9 | -6.0 | +1.9 | |||
| 3. | Textiles (including knitting) | -12.6 | -14.3 | -10.7 | |||
| 4. | Paper products and printing | -9.3 | +2.0 | -0.3 | |||
| 5. | Chemical, rubber, plastic and non-metallic mineral products | +4.9 | -6.2 | +1.4 | |||
| within which | : | Plastic products | (-10.3) | (-8.8) | (-8.0) | ||
| 6. | Basic metals and fabricated metal products | -5.9 | +6.7 | -6.5 | |||
| within which | : | Fabricated
metal products (except machinery and equipment) |
(-23.2) | (-23.2) | (-23.8) | ||
| 7. | Electrical and electronic products, machinery, professional equipment and optical goods | -21.0 | -6.2 | -21.4 | |||
| within which | : | Consumer electrical and electronic products | (+16.3) | (-22.9) | (-13.8) | ||
| : | Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components | (-27.6) | (-4.3) | (-22.6) | |||
| 8. | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | +3.2 | -19.2 | -6.7 | |||
| All manufacturing industries | -9.1 | -6.1 | -9.2 | ||||
| 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. | 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 coverage of the
industry groups and component industries in terms of HSIC
codes, please refer to the 'Quarterly Index of Industrial
Production, 4th Quarter 2003' report. |