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Table 4 IMPORTS BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES

Value: HK$ Million (US$ Million)

COMMODITIES

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

Textiles (yarn, fabrics and made-up articles)

6,632 (1,326)

Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances (including electrical household type equipment)

2,683

(537)

Non-metallic mineral manufactures (construction materials, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones etc.)

2,673

(535)

Petroleum and petroleum products

2,589

(518)

2,907 (581)

6,608 8,681 11,863 14,895 (1,322) (1,736) (2,373) (2,979) 2,990 3,896 5,821 7,526 (598) (779) (1,164) (1,505) 3,283 5,425 5,740 6,963 ( 657) (1,085) (1,148) (1,393)

3,029 4,760 7,642 (606) (952) (1,528)

Watches and clocks

1,610

2,211

3,179

4,309

5,950

(322)

(442)

(636)

(862)

(1,190)

Telecommunications equipment, recorders, TV and radios

1,257

1,513

2,057

3,257

4,471

(251)

(303)

(411)

(651)

(894)

Iron and steel

1,143

1,369

2,018

2,884

(229)

(274)

(404)

(577)

Vegetables and fruits

1,387 (277) (325)

1,626

2,004

2,397

3,426 (685) 2,843

(401)

(479)

( 569)

Artificial resins, plastic materials, cellulose esters and others

Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)

Clothing

Textile fibres and wastes

Office machines and automatic data processing equipment

General industrial machinery (pumps, heating and cooling, and mechanical handling equipment etc.)

Paper and paper board and manufacture thereof

Others

Total merchandise

690 (138)

1,051 (210)

1,011 (202)

701 (140)

1,042

1,325

2,294

(208)

971

(265) 1,425

(459)

(194)

( 285)

1,983 (397)

710

954

1,299

1,980

(142)

(191)

(260)

(396)

2,605 (521) 3,311

( 662) 3,467 (693)

1,976

( 395)

1,675 (335)

832 (166)

1,815 (363)

1,929

2,371

(386)

(474)

1,211

1,870

2,501

(242)

(374)

(500)

945 (189)

1,390 (278)

1,805

2,254

(361)

(451)

975

995

1,349

1,767

2,262

(195)

(199)

(270)

(353)

(452)

16,205

18,780

22,952

31,178

39,164

(3,241)

(3,756)

(4,590)

(6,236)

(7,833)

43,293

48,701

63,056 85,837 111,651

(8,659)

(9,740) | (12,611) | (17,167) | (22,330)

Table 5-DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COUNTRIES

Value: HK$ Million (US$ Million)

DESTINATIONS

1976

1977

1978

1979

1980

U.S.A.

11,236 (2,247)

13,552

15,125

18,797

22,591

(2,710)

(3,025)

(3,759)

(4,518)

Germany F.R.

3,995 (799)

3,669

4,426

6,344

7,384

(734)

( 885)

(1,269)

(1,477)

United Kingdom

3,286

3,035

3,871

5,974

6,791

( 657)

(607)

(774)

(1,195)

(1,358)

Japan

1,400 (280)

1,386

1,856

2,656

(277)

(371)

(531)

2,329 (466)

Australia

1,368 (274)

1,247

1,494

(249)

( 299)

1,789 (358)

1,941

(388)

Canada

Singapore

1,396 (279)

782 (156)

1,171 (234)

1,271

904 (181)

(254) 1,104 (221)

1,637 (327)

1,782 (356)

1,413 (283)

1,791

(358)

Netherlands

France

756 (151)

369 (74)

763 (153)

472 (94)

937 (187)

Switzerland

Sweden

663 (133)

713 (143)

572 (114)

575 (115)

683 (137)

1,406 (281) 1,004 (201)

1,575

(315)

1,407 (281)

949

(190)

1,279 (256)

600 (120)

545

(109)

908 (182)

974 (195)

Italy

322

377

433

813

64)

( 76)

(

87)

Saudi Arabia

Taiwan

225

374

547

(45)

75)

(109)

(163)

711 (142)

1,178 (236)

962 (192)

320

375

( 64)

(75)

China

Others

Total merchandise

24

31

(

5)

(

6)

511 (102)

81 (16)

706 (141)

836 (167)

603 (121)

1,605

(321)

5,774

6,476

7,252

10,202

13,746

(1,155)

(1,295)

(1,450)

(2,040)

(2,749)

32,629

35,004

40,711

55,912

68,171

(6,526)

(7,001)

(8,142)

(11,182)

(13,634)

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