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HONG KONG

i. TOTAL EXPORTS (£ob)

ANNEX

£'Million

Year

1959 1960 1961 1962

1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

Total Exports 205 246 246 274 312 362 408 473 549 726 907

Source: Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong

ii. TRADE WITH UNITED KINGDOM

£'Million

1959

1969

AL.

Exports to UK fob

29

106

Imports from UK cif

36

83

Source:

Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong

iii. HONG KONG'S PRINCIPAL EXPORT MARKETS

£'Million

1959

( % of

(exports)

1968

% of exports)

1969

% of (exports)

Total Exports (fob) 205

726

907

USA

37

(18.0)

250

(34.3) 319

(35.1)

UK

29

(14.1)

97

(13.3)

106

(11.6)

EEC

10

(4.9)

58

(8.0)

85

(9.4)

of which W Germany

5

(2.4)

36

(5.0)

54

(5.9)-

Japan

14

(6.8)

40

(5.5)

59

(6.5)

Singapore

24* (11.7) 31 (4.3)

38

(4.1)

* Including exports to Malaya (1959 only)

Source:

Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong

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