Overseas market
United Kingdom
-Contd.
APPENDIX 31-continued
COMPARATIVE SHARE OF HONG KONG'S PRINCIPAL EXPORT COMMODITIES IN MAIN OVERSEAS MARKETS-continued
Principal commodities and selected suppliers
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
United States of America...
Federal Republic of Germany
France
***
Italy...
J
**
Switzerland...
Hong Kong
+
***
...
Netherlands
Japan
***
Taiwan
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Singapore
Textiles
Italy...
Federal Republic of Germany
United States of America.......
Trish Republic
Belgium and Luxembourg
France
India
A
14
Switzerland...
Hong Kong
"Japan
China
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Taiwan
Singapore
...
...
...
1
Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing
apparatus and equipment
Japan
United States of America.....
Federal Republic of Germany
***
Ja
Netherlands
Hong Kong
Singapore
Taiwan
...
+4
+
Percentage share of total imports into oversens market
1977
1978
1979
20.3
20.7
19.1
10.3
11.0
10.8
6.4
7.9
10.3
7.4
9.3
10.0
***
7.9
9.6
7.0
6.4
5.8
6.1
6.0
4.6
5.5
8.9
5.0
4.8
1.7
1.5
1.6
1.2
0.8
1.0
0.5
0.6
0.7
10.1
11.9
11,9
10.7
11.4
10.8
7.2
6.6
8.9
...
10.3
8.9
7.8
6.4
7.6
7.7
:
6.1
6.9
6.1
5,6
3.9
***
SSZEPARI
4.1
3.2
5.0
4.0
3.8
3.0
2.3
2.-1
1.6
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.1
1.2
0.7
0.4
0,5
0.2
0.3
38.8
33.9
3-11
9.1
12.3
10.1
8.6
10.0
9.8
3.3
6.9
0.2
3.3
4.0
6.1
2.0
2.3
3.-4
+
2.1
2.0
3.1
**
2.5
1.8
2.0
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus; photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies und optical goods, watches and clocks
United States of America.......
Federal Republic of Germany
23.7
27.5
26.9
17.0
17.1
18.2
France
7.2
*
8.0
7.9
Japan
Netherlands
Switzerland...
Hong Kong
9.8
7.8
7.3
10.7
6.4
6.5
7.6
6.7
0.0
3.2
3,2
3.8
Taiwan
1.2
0,9
01.6
Singapore
1
...
0.5
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
0.3
33
0.4
0.5
0.3
0.5
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and
electrical parts thereof
United States of America ...
21.2
22,8
21.7
Federal Republic of Germany
15.4
17,5
18,2
Japan
13.7
7.2
6,3
Hong Kong
1.7
1.2
Taiwan
1.3
1.1
1.2
Singapore
1.0
0.9
1.2
0.6
0.2
03
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
With effect from 1978, the classification of the commodities is based on S.1.T.C. (Rev. 2).
Source!
Hong King Reven
f
Overseas Trade 1979