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PERCENTAGE SHARE OF
MAJOR MARKETS
HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC EXPORTS
1976
1977
U.S.A.
34.4%
38.7%
F.R. OF GERMANY
12.2%
10.5%
UNITED KINGDOM
10.1%
8.7%
JAPAN
4.3%
4.0%
AUSTRALIA
4.2%
3.6%
CANADA
4.39%
3.3%
SINGAPORE
NETHERLANDS
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND AND LIECHTENSTEIN
2.4%
2.6%
2.3%
2.2%
2.2%
1.7%
2.0%
1.6%
MAJOR SUPPLIERS
JAPAN
CHINA
U.S.A.
TAIWAN
SINGAPORE
UNITED KINGDOM
SOUTH KOREA
F.R. OF GERMANY
SWITZERLAND AND LIECHTENSTEIN
AUSTRALIA
PERCENTAGE SHARE OF
HONG KONG'S DOMESTIC IMPORTS
1976
1977
21.6%
23.7%
17.9%
16.6%
12.3%
12.5%
7.1%
6.7%
5.8%
5.9%
4.2%
4.5%
3.8%
3.59%
3.0%
3.0%
2.6%
2.7%
2.1%
2.0%
MEANWHILE, WHEN EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE OF THE IMPORTS OF HONG KONG'S TRADING PARTNERS IN 1976, HONG KONG'S TOTAL EXPORTS CONSTITUTED 0.5 PER CENT FOR JAPAN AND THE NETHERLANDS, COMPARED TO ONE PER CENT FOR F.R. OF GERMANY, CANADA, SWEDEN AND SWITZERLAND, 1.4 PER CENT FOR U.K., TWO PER CENT FOR THE U.S., 2.4 PER CENT FOR SINGAPORE AND 2.6 PER CENT FOR AUSTRALIA.
FIGURES FOR 1977 WILL BE AVAILABLE LATER.
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