THE HONG KONG TEXTILE INDUSTRY
Sources:
The Hong Kong Year Book 1979
1.
1.1.
The EIU Special Report No. 63.
The JTC Study of UK Clothing Market Penetration.
Profile
The Textile and Clothing Industries in Hong Kong together employ 44% of the Colony's industrial workforce:
Textiles
Garments (inc. gloves)
1978
97,000 220,000
and there are some 8,800 establishments.
1.2.
Together they produce some 46% of HK's domestic exports:
1978 HK $ mn.
C
Textiles Garments
3,000
15,000
Total Exports
40,000
1.3.
1.4.
The industry is still predominently cotton based, although diversifi- cation into man made fibres and into blends is in progress.
Textiles, mn kg
Cotton 172
Weaving mn sq m.
670
Knitting mn kg
56
(Export Only)
1978
MMF/blends 48
Wool
4
127
37
HK is a net importer of commodities and manufactured goods:
1978 HK $ mn
Total imports
64,700
Less re-exports
13,300
Total imports
-
net
51,400
Total exports
Balance of trade
40,700
(-10,700)