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TABLE 1

(1)

Hong Kong Exports of Textiles Per Capita Consumption and

Rate of Increase of Imports in U.S.A. and Canada, EFTA and EEC in 1965 and 1967.

Export 1000 H.K.$

(2)

Export per capita H.K.$

Country

Total

1965

1967

Of this garments 1955

Population 1000

Total

Garments

% change

1965 - 67

1967

1965

1967

1965

1967

Total

Garment

U.S.A.

Canada

756.892 64.254

1,008.121

623.766

817.613

194.572

3.89

5.18

3.21

4.20

+ 33

119.312

48.868

95.759

19.604

3.28

6.09

2.49

4.88

+ 86

+ 31 + 96

E.E.C.:

West-Germany

305.934

272.481

2,926.693

264.829

56.839

5.38

4.79

5.15

4.66

11

10

Netherlands

52.606

67.224

47.214

58.465

12.292

4.28

5.47

3.84

4.80

+ 28

+ 25

Belguim France

10.273

8.037

8.853

7.853

9.795

1.05

0.82

0.70

0.80

22

11

2.140

2.782

1.147

1.995

48.922

0.04

0.06

0.02

0.04

+ 30

+ 74

Italy

18:095

13.711

7.167

8.687

51.576

0.35

0.27

0.14

0.17

-

24

+ 21

Total E.E:C.

389.048

364.234

357.074

342.329

179.424

2.17

2.03

1.99

1.91

6

E.F.T.A.:

U.K.

Sweden Norway

577.216

726.829

333.119

471.010

54.436

10.60

13.35

6.12

8.65

+ 26

+ 41

66.477

114.701

61.026

106.140

7.734

8.60

14.83

7.89

13.72

+ 73

+ 74

20.039

35.262

19.091

33.901

3.723

5.38

9.47

5.13

9.11

+ 76

+ 78

Denmark

27.482

37.172

23.455

33.003

4.758

5.78

7.82

4.93

6.94

+ 35

+ 41

Switzerland

18.916

40.223

16.375

36.371

5.945

3.18

6.77

2.75

6.12

+113

+122

Portugal Austria

14

64

12

34

9.199

6.170

11.932

6.089

11.175

7.255

0.85

1.64

0.84

1.54

+ 93

+ 84

Total E.F.T.A.

716.313

966.202

459.166

691.634

93.050

7.80

10.38

4.93

7.43

+ 35

+ 51

Grand Total

2,808.869

3,671.740

1,800.784

2,341.473

486.650

5.77

7.54

3.70

4.81

+31

+ 30

(1) Hong Kong trade statistics.

(2) Ass. of Norwegian Textile Manufacturers statistics.

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