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TABLE
1.
Hong Kong's exports of textiles, per capita consumption and
rates of increase of imports in U.S.A. and Canada, EFTA and
EEC in 1965 and 1967.
This table shows that of all countries in the world
Norway is the second biggest importer of garments from Hong
Kong per capita.
It also shows that Hong Kong is concentrating on
the EFTA markets which in contrast to the EEC are importing
increasing amounts of textiles from Hong Kong. The three
biggest markets are Sweden, Norway, United Kingdom (in that
order), among whom Norway had the largest percentage increase
in imports of garments from Hong Kong between 1965 and 1967.
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