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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