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Exports

Imports

Export/Import ratio

**

*

Table 1: UK's Trade with Hong Kong

(£ million)

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

559

619*

732

727

897

850

897

873

1 178**

1 267

65.8%

69.0%

83.8%

61.7%

70.8%

supplied by China/HK Unit, DTI

of which £217 million was gold specie etc. (usually less than

£1 million), leaving £961 million 'normal' imports

Source:

Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom

Domestic Exports

Re-Exports

Total Exports

Imports

Export/Import ratio

Exports

Hong Kong

Japan

India

China

Imports

Hong Kong

Japan

IndiaTM

China

**

Table 3:

Table 2:

Hong Kong's Trade with UK

1980

1981

1982

(HK$ million)

1983

6 792

819

7 710

7:187

8 538

908

655

762

1984

10 497

976

7 611

8 618

7 842

9 300

11 473

5 456

139.5%

6 283

6 892

137.2%

113.8%

7 456

124.7%

8 703

131.8%

Source:

Hong Kong Trade Statistics

UK Trade with Hong Kong, Japan, India & China

(£ million)

1980

1981

1982

1983

1984

559

619*

732

727

897

597

618

681

798

925

529

639

805

805

781/

169

126

103

160

317

850

897

873

1 178**

1 267

1 712

2 203

2 658

3 355

3 768

316

153

294

379

367

571

172

193

231

278

supplied by China/HK Unit, DTI

of which £217 million was gold specie etc. (usually less

than £1 million), leaving £961 million 'normal' imports

Source:

Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom

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