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HONG KONG: A HARD-EARNED SUCCESS
Growth trends of total exports, container throughput and visitor arrivals
Index (1974-100)
1600
1400
1200
1000
800
600
400
200
Over the past 20 years, container throughput and exports in real terms both rose by about 14 times, whilst visitor arrivals rose by 6 times
Total exports
in real terms
Visitor arrivals
Container throughput
0
74 75 76
77 78 79 80 81 82
83 84 85 86
Year
87
88
89 90 91
92
93 94
Hong Kong's total exports by major markets
1966
USA 28.3%
JAPAN 5.8%
CHINA 0.9%
1994
CHINA 32.8%
UK 13.4%
GERMANY 5.7%
OTHERS 45.8%
USA 23.2%
JAPAN 5.6%
UK GERMANY 3.2% 4.7%
Value of
total
exports:
HK$ 8 billion (US$ 1 billion)
HK$ 1.170 billion (US$ 151 billion)
OTHERS 30.5%