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Table 4 IMPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES
Value: HK$ Million (US$ Million)
COMMODITIES
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
Textiles (yarn, fabrics and made-up articles)
6,632 (1,326)
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances (including electrical household type equipment)
2,683
(537)
Non-metallic mineral manufactures (construction materials, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones etc.)
2,673
(535)
Petroleum and petroleum products
2,589
(518)
2,907 (581)
6,608 8,681 11,863 14,895 (1,322) (1,736) (2,373) (2,979) 2,990 3,896 5,821 7,526 (598) (779) (1,164) (1,505) 3,283 5,425 5,740 6,963 ( 657) (1,085) (1,148) (1,393)
3,029 4,760 7,642 (606) (952) (1,528)
Watches and clocks
1,610
2,211
3,179
4,309
5,950
(322)
(442)
(636)
(862)
(1,190)
Telecommunications equipment, recorders, TV and radios
1,257
1,513
2,057
3,257
4,471
(251)
(303)
(411)
(651)
(894)
Iron and steel
1,143
1,369
2,018
2,884
(229)
(274)
(404)
(577)
Vegetables and fruits
1,387 (277) (325)
1,626
2,004
2,397
3,426 (685) 2,843
(401)
(479)
( 569)
Artificial resins, plastic materials, cellulose esters and others
Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
Clothing
Textile fibres and wastes
Office machines and automatic data processing equipment
General industrial machinery (pumps, heating and cooling, and mechanical handling equipment etc.)
Paper and paper board and manufacture thereof
Others
Total merchandise
690 (138)
1,051 (210)
1,011 (202)
701 (140)
1,042
1,325
2,294
(208)
971
(265) 1,425
(459)
(194)
( 285)
1,983 (397)
710
954
1,299
1,980
(142)
(191)
(260)
(396)
2,605 (521) 3,311
( 662) 3,467 (693)
1,976
( 395)
1,675 (335)
832 (166)
1,815 (363)
1,929
2,371
(386)
(474)
1,211
1,870
2,501
(242)
(374)
(500)
945 (189)
1,390 (278)
1,805
2,254
(361)
(451)
975
995
1,349
1,767
2,262
(195)
(199)
(270)
(353)
(452)
16,205
18,780
22,952
31,178
39,164
(3,241)
(3,756)
(4,590)
(6,236)
(7,833)
43,293
48,701
63,056 85,837 111,651
(8,659)
(9,740) | (12,611) | (17,167) | (22,330)
Table 5-DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COUNTRIES
Value: HK$ Million (US$ Million)
DESTINATIONS
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
U.S.A.
11,236 (2,247)
13,552
15,125
18,797
22,591
(2,710)
(3,025)
(3,759)
(4,518)
Germany F.R.
3,995 (799)
3,669
4,426
6,344
7,384
(734)
( 885)
(1,269)
(1,477)
United Kingdom
3,286
3,035
3,871
5,974
6,791
( 657)
(607)
(774)
(1,195)
(1,358)
Japan
1,400 (280)
1,386
1,856
2,656
(277)
(371)
(531)
2,329 (466)
Australia
1,368 (274)
1,247
1,494
(249)
( 299)
1,789 (358)
1,941
(388)
Canada
Singapore
1,396 (279)
782 (156)
1,171 (234)
1,271
904 (181)
(254) 1,104 (221)
1,637 (327)
1,782 (356)
1,413 (283)
1,791
(358)
Netherlands
France
756 (151)
369 (74)
763 (153)
472 (94)
937 (187)
Switzerland
Sweden
663 (133)
713 (143)
572 (114)
575 (115)
683 (137)
1,406 (281) 1,004 (201)
1,575
(315)
1,407 (281)
949
(190)
1,279 (256)
600 (120)
545
(109)
908 (182)
974 (195)
Italy
322
377
433
813
64)
( 76)
(
87)
Saudi Arabia
Taiwan
225
374
547
(45)
75)
(109)
(163)
711 (142)
1,178 (236)
962 (192)
320
375
( 64)
(75)
China
Others
Total merchandise
24
31
(
5)
(
6)
511 (102)
81 (16)
706 (141)
836 (167)
603 (121)
1,605
(321)
5,774
6,476
7,252
10,202
13,746
(1,155)
(1,295)
(1,450)
(2,040)
(2,749)
32,629
35,004
40,711
55,912
68,171
(6,526)
(7,001)
(8,142)
(11,182)
(13,634)
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