22-12 INDICES OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

(1986=100)

 

 

 

 

 

Industry Group/Selected Component Industry

1990

1995

1996

1997

1998

All Manufacturing Industries

122.8

126.2

121.5

120.6

110.1

Food, Beverages and Tobacco

142.0

160.5

159.0

158.3

143.9

Wearing Apparel, Except Footwear

113.0

114.6

109.7

105.6

99.2

Textiles(Including Knitting)

114.5

110.8

103.8

106.4

95.1

Paper Products and Printing

181.5

272.9

264.2

269.7

248.8

Chemical, Rubber, Plastic and Non-metallic Mineral Products

89.8

63.0

63.1

63.9

55.5

Plastic Products

76.3

37.6

36.2

34.1

27.4

Basic Metals and Fabricated Metal Products,

113.0

93.5

85.2

80.4

72.3

Fabricated Metal Products, Except Machinery and Equipment

110.5

90.1

81.1

76.8

63.1

Electrical and Electronic Products, Machinery, Professional Equipment and Optical Goods

148.8

179.5

170.3

166.0

154.7

Consumer Electrical and Electronic Products

132.5

116.1

103.4

93.4

81.0

Machinery, Equipment, Apparatus, Parts and Components

164.0

274.3

274.6

294.2

298.7

Miscellaneous Manufacturing Industries

104.3

80.7

82.6

84.3

74.4

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes: The industry groups and selected component industries for the indices are in terms of the Hong Kong

 

 

 

 

 

Standard Industrial Classification (HSIC) as from the first quarter of 1992. Indices of earlier periods

 

 

 

 

 

have been recompiled to facilitate comparison with the statistics from 1992 onwards.

 

 

 

 

 

As from 1996, the paper products and printing industry also included establishments engaged in

 

 

 

 

 

publishing without printing.