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5. .
Notwithstanding the rapid growth rate of
Hong Kong's total exports (domestic exports and re-exports) to China, Hong Kong's trade deficit with. China (or China's trade surplus with Hong Kong)
amounted to HK$21,137 million (U$3,481 million) in
1982 compared with a rather meagre figure of HK$310 million (US$54 million) in 1952, representing a growth rate of 15% p.a. (in HK$ terms) during this
thirty year period. The growth rate of China's trade
surplus with Hong Kong has been particularly rapid,
at 22% p.a., during the last five year 1978-82
(Table 1).
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