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f e r r o - a l l o y s and s t e e l exports. A d d i t i o n a l l y , the f i g u r e s also
show that by 1985/86 as a proportion of t o t a l commodity exports,
manufactured exports had begun to regain t h e i r pre-Independence
share, although, again, the 1986 f i g u r e s i n d i c a t e that the gains
made i n 1984 and 1985 were not sustained i n t o 19863 1. I n i t i a l
evidence f o r 1987 reveals that manufacturing exports continued to
expand f o r c l o t h i n g and footwear (57% increase over 1986),
t e x t i l e s (32% increase), f o o d s t u f f s , drink and tobacco, nonm
e t a l l i c minerals and c u r i o and leather products. For sub-sector
10, however, exports are estinmated to have contracted by 30% i n
r e l a t i o n to 1986 l e v e l s ^ ^ .
As can be seen from Table 6, some of the sub-sectoral
increases i n manufactured exports have been very s i g n i f i c a n t ,
while beverages and tobacco (2) and wood and f u r n i t u r e products
(5) have performed e x c e p t i o n a l l y poorly. O v e r a l l , the exports of
manufactures excluding cotton l i n t , f e r r o - a l l o y s and s t e e l s
products have more than doubled over the past seven years, r i s i n g
from $147 mn i n 1980/81 to $318 mn
Table 6
Sub-sectoral Changes in Manufactured Exports
1980/81 to 1985/86, S mn (current)*
Sub- Manufactured Exports Percentage
sector 1980/81 (2 year av) 1985/86 Change
1 33.9 95.7 182
2 4.5 3.3 -27
3* 13.7 45.0 229
4 18.5 25.2 36
5 10.4 9.5 9
6 2.1 7.4 252
7 17.1 32.1 88
8 3.4 9.5 179
9** 29.3 44.0 50
10 5.7 14.4 153
11 8.2 31.9 289
Total*** 146.8 297.9 103
Source: Statement of External Trade 1980 and 1981 and
unpublished trade statistics, CSO.
Notes: * Excluding exports of Cotton Lint.
** Excluding exports of ferro-alloys and steel.
*** Total excluding the above named items.
+ The s t a t i s t i c a l digest does not categorise exports by
industrial sub-sector so judgments had to be made to
classify them in this manner.