APPENDIX H
Hong Kong imports of textile fabrics
1979
Value: HK$'000
1978
SITC 652 Cotton fabrics woven (not including narrow or special fabrics)
TOTAL
2,404,232
1,849,629
of which:
%
%
China
948,075 39.4
728,635
39.4
Japan
538,098 22.4
405,284
21.9
Taiwan
375,111
15.6
375,616
20.3
USA
106,668
4.4
51,857
2.8
Thailand
South Korea
69,463
2.9
30,272
1.6
4
66,292
2.8
60,216
3.3
W Germany
Switzerland
Italy
United Kingdom
France
52,133
2.2
36,650
2.0
30,213
1.3
25,712
1.4
25,643
1.1
16,063
0.9
16,146
0.7
12,635
0.7
6,992
0.3
6,664
0.4
SITC 653 Fabrics woven of man-made fibres (including narrow or special fabrics)
TOTAL
3,370,564
2,336,338
of which:
%
0%
Japan
Taiwan
South Korea
1,385,888 41.1 667,377 19.8
1,062,181
45.5
456,572
19.5
511,976 15.2
327,630
14.0
China
399,648 11.9
213,946
9.2
Malaysia
72,590
2.2
62,420
2.7
USA
68,772
2.0
41,290
1.8
W Germany
51,855
1.5
30,165
1.3
Italy
40,474
1.2
21,820
0.9
United Kingdom
26,849
0.8
28,736
1.2
France
13,496
0.4
9,439
0.4
SITC 654 Textile fabrics woven other than of cotton or man-made fibres
TOTAL
597,694
492,647
of which:
%
%
China
256,983
43.0
192,091
39.0
Japan
95,961
16.1
76,427
15.5
United Kingdom
86,471
14.5
81,366
16.5
Italy
South Korea
France
USA
Taiwan
W Germany
57,046
9.5
60,874
12.4
35,243
5.9
30,239
6.1
12,066
2.0
6,690
1.4
11,998
2.0
13,351
2.7
7,860
1.3
6,784
1.4
6,943
1.2
7,098
1.4
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