In the first quarter of 2005, the value of wearing apparel industry domestic exports fell $3 billion, or 42.1%, compared with the same quarter in 2004 to $4.1 billion. Textiles industry domestic exports fell by $1.2 billion, or 20.4%, to $4.6 billion.

Electrical and electronic products industry domestic exports  increased $1.1 billion, or 47.2%, over a year earlier to $3.3 billion. Machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components industry domestic exports rose $500 million, or 14.6%, to $4.1 billion.

The Census & Statistics Department said the value of domestic exports of these four major industries accounted for 69% of Hong Kong's total domestic exports of manufactured goods.