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OVERSEAS TRADE

The value of Hong Kong's domestic exports in 1978 was HK$40,711m (approx £4,285 million). The principal products were:-

Textiles and Clothing

45%

Electrical Machinery and

appliances

12%

Scientific, photographic and

optical goods

8%

Miscellaneous manufactured goods

15%

Hong Kong's imports in 1978 totalled HK$63,056 million (approx £6,637 million). They consisted mostly of foodstuffs, raw materials and semi-finished products for Hong Kong's manufacturing industries, fuel and capital equipment.

TRADE WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM (Figures in HK$ million)

1977

1978

3,035

3,871

Total Hong Kong exports to UK

Exports by commodity groups

1,535

1,904

Clothing

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

414

488

Textiles, yarns and fabrics.

361

471

Photographic apparatus, including

162

285

watches and clocks

Telecommunications and sound

129

217

recording apparatus.

Total Hong Kong imports from UK

2,192

2,975

Imports by commodity groups

Pearls, precious and semi-precious

stones

76

164

Parts/accessories for vehicles

99

133

78

121

Furskins

Equipment for electricity distribution

· 65

118

Railway vehicles and equipment

Woven textile fabrice

Motor vehicles for transport of goods

and materials

2

105

83

81

80.

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