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HONG KONG

i. TOTAL EXPORTS (£ob)

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£'Million

Year

1959 1960 1961 11962 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 !

Exports to UK fob

Imports from UK cif

Source:

£'Million

1959

1969

29

106

36

83

Census and Statistics Department Hong Kong

iii. HONG KONG'S PRINCIPAL EXPORT MARKETS

£'Million

( % of )

1959

(exports) 1968

(% of

1969

exports)

( % 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)

EFC

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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