Textiles & Clothing
Watches/Clocks
Electronic components
Metal manufactures
The principal markets were:
39.6%
7.2%
5.0%
2.7%
United States
China
FRG
UK
Japan
32/%
19%
7%
7%
6%
8. Hong Kong's imports of goods in 1989 totalled
HK$562.8 billion, compared with HK$498.8 billion in 1988.
The principal imports were:
Raw materials
Consumer goods
Capital equipment
Foodstuffs
The principal suppliers were:
China
Japan
Taiwan
United States
43.0%
33.0%
15.5%
6.4%
34.9%
16.6%
9.
1%
8.2%
9.
With the growth of imports slower than that of exports the visible trade balance moved into surplus of HK$ 7.7. billion, compared to a deficit of HK$5.7 billion in 1988. Preliminary estimates indicate a surplus on invisibles of HK$33.6 billion in 1989.
10. For many years Hong Kong's exports to the UK have exceeded British exports to Hong Kong. However, Hong Kong is now, after Japan, Britain's largest market in the
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