Soaring demand: Last year saw the domestic export value of consumer electrical and electronic products rise 93.7% on a year earlier, to $17.8 billion.

The value of Hong Kong's four major industries' domestic exports accounted for 75% of the city's total domestic exports last year, as the domestic export value of consumer electrical and electronic products rose 93.7% on a year earlier, to $17.8 billion.

The Census & Statistics Department said the machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components industry also recorded a surge of 36.6%, to $21.6 billion, while the and the textiles industry rose 2.6%, to $37.4 billion. However, the domestic export value of the wearing-apparel industry fell 27%, to $23.6 billion.

As for other manufacturing industries, notable increases in the value of domestic exports were seen in transport equipment (up 288.2% to $18.5 million), beverages (up 69.6% to $385.1 million), chemicals and chemical products (up 28% to $8.1 billion), leather and leather products (up 27.3% to $84 million), and basic metals and fabricated metal products (up 18.5% to $5.1 billion).

The domestic export value of footwear went down 55.3% on a year earlier, to $25.4 million. The wood and cork products, furniture and fixtures industry and non-metallic mineral products industry also recorded declines of 38.3% and 30.9% in their domestic export value, to $45.2 million and $80.3 million.