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 From Hong Kong's Information Services Department
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May 11, 2006
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Trade
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Q1 electronic products exports up 89.8%
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Census & Statistics Department

The value of domestic exports of consumer electrical and electronic products surged 89.8% in the first quarter, to $6.4 billion, over a year earlier, the Census & Statistics Department says.

 

Wearing-apparel industry domestic exports also registered a rise of 68.5% in value, to $6.9 billion, while textiles industry exports rose 64.5% to $7.5 billion, and machinery, equipment, apparatus, parts and components industry  exports  rose 1.5% to $4.2 billion.

 

The value of these four major industries together accounted for 76% of Hong Kong's total domestic exports, the department said.

 

As for other manufacturing industries, the value of chemicals and chemical products domestic exports rose 18.8%, to $2 billion, over a year earlier.