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value of Hong Kong's visible trading transactions is just on

twice the value of the GDP, and much more than twice if invisible imports and exports are added in.

2.5 The value of Hong Kong's exports of goods in 1991 was HK$122,163 million (approx. £11,400 million). Of this,

re-exports accounted for HK$41,739 million )approx. £3,880 million) and domestic exports HK$80,423 million (approx. £7,480 million), representing about 90% of manufacturing output. The principal domestic exports were:

Textile and Clothing

42%

Watches and Clocks

98

Electrical Machinery and Appliances

78

Plastic Toys and Dolls

68

Radios

4%

The principal markets were:

United States

EC

of which:

UK

FRG

Japan

China

Australia

36.3%

24.8%

(9.6%)

(8.8%)

3.7%

3.6%

3.3%

2.6

Hong Kong's imports of goods in 1981 totalled HK$138,375

million (approx. £12,580 million).

The principal imports were:

Raw Materials

Consumer Goods

Capital Goods

Food Stuffs

Fuels

40.4%

26.7%

14.6%

10.6%

7.7%

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