| Manufacturing industry |
Index for 2nd Qtr. 1998 |
% change over | ||
| 2nd Qtr. 1997 | 1st Qtr. 1998 | |||
|
| ||||
| 1. | Wearing apparel (except footwear) | 112.9 | +0.5 | +0.7 |
| 2. | Textiles (including knitting) | 114.7 | -2.2 | -0.4 |
| 3. | Paper products and printing | 127.3 | -1.5 | -0.7 |
| 4. | Plastic products | 111.1 | -5.1 | -1.0 |
| 5. | Fabricated metal products | 106.5 | +0.3 | +1.3 |
| (except machinery and equipment) | ||||
| 6. | Consumer electrical and electronic products | 78.2 | -3.2 | +0.9 |
| 7. | Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components | 96.2 | -4.5 | -3.6 |
| 8. | Other manufacturing industries | 117.3 | -2.0 | -1.2 |
| ALL MANUFACTURING INDUSTRIES | 109.1 | -2.0 | -0.7 | |
|
| ||||
| Notes : | The Hong Kong Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) has been used to delineate the manufacturing industries. For the exact coverage of the manufacturing industries in terms of HSIC codes, please refer to the publication 'Quarterly Producer Price Indices for Manufacturing Industries, 2nd Quarter 1998'. |