Table 3: UK Trade with Hong Kong. Japan. India & China
(£ million)
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
Exports
Hong Kong
1 013
1 031
1 112
1 238
1 387
Japan
1 495
1 743
2 260
2 631
2 258
India
1 090
1 112
1 382
1 264
1 017
Singapore
603
632
774
1 041
1 018
China
416
412
418
466
322
Imports
Hong Kong
1 531
1 789
2 037
1 972
2 148
Japan
5 463
6 509
7 108
6 762
6 754
India
536
560
702
799
777
Singapore
474
580
903
1 021
1 134
China
391
444
531
583
707
Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom
Table 4: Hong Kong's Imports of Manufactures: Shares Held by Main Industrial Suppliers
(a) 1990 imports manufactures*
HK$m
(b) share of HK market (main suppliers)
% age
(c)
share of world
trade (main suppliers)
% age
HK market/world
(d) relative performance
(b/c x 100)
UK
11 982
6.5
10.4
63%
West Germany
13 975
7.6
24.2
31%
France
6 561
3.6
11.7
31%
Italy
10 527
5.7
10.1
56%
USA
39 538
21.5
19.0
113%
Canada
2 081
1.1
5.5
20%
Japan
99 131
53.9
19.0
284%
183 795
100.0
100.0
Source: (a) Hong Kong Trade Statistic
(c) UK Monthly Review of External
Trade Statistics
(discounting 16.5% share held
by 'other main manufacturing countries')
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