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Industry group / Selected component industry |
Index for 2nd Qtr. 1998 |
% change over | ||||
| 2nd Qtr. 1997 | 1st Qtr. 1998 | |||||
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| 1. | Food, beverages and tobacco | 148.2 | -7.7 | +4.1 | ||
| 2. | Wearing apparel(except footwear) | 98.1 | -0.2 | +15.6 | ||
| 3. | Textiles (including knitting) | 99.0 | -1.8 | +31.9 | ||
| 4. | Paper products and printing | 261.3 | -7.5 | +13.4 | ||
| 5. | Chemical, rubber, plastic and non-metallic mineral products | 57.3 | -10.2 | +7.5 | ||
| within which | : | Plastic products | (27.5) | (-17.7) | (+6.6) | |
| 6. | Basic metals and fabricated metal products | 73.1 | -8.3 | +6.8 | ||
| within which | : | Fabricated metal products (except machinery and equipment) |
(65.8) | (-14.4) | (+7.8) | |
| 7. | Electrical and electronic products, machinery, professional equipment and optical goods | 148.9 | -4.2 | +6.5 | ||
| within which | : | Consumer electrical and electronic products | (78.1) | (-12.3) | (-2.2) | |
| : | Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components | (288.7) | (+7.0) | (+15.1) | ||
| 8. | Miscellaneous manufacturing industries | 83.0 | +0.1 | +8.5 | ||
| ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES | 111.9 | -4.5 | +11.3 | |||
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| 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 exact coverage of the industry groups and component industries in terms of HSIC codes, please refer to the publication 'Quarterly Index of Industrial Production, 2nd Quarter 1998' |