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SUNDAY, MARCH 19, 1978

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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