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(No Malo No No No No No No ho ho ho ho ho MENEGANT 1999 NASEMA

Growth

rate in

money

Growth rate in real

Value

terms

terms

CONFIDENTIAL

Table 8: Hong Kong's imports of foodstuffs from China

% share in Hong Kong's total

imports of foodstuffs

by value

Ranking of China among supplier countries of Hong Kong's imports of foodstuffs

(HK$Mn)

(8)

(8)

(%)

1978

3,883

15

10

45

1st

1979

4,520

16

12

45

1st

1980

5,624

24

15

47

1st

1981

7,240

29

9

49

1st

1982

7,941

10

6

47

1st

1983

9,071

14

5

46

1st

1984

9,295

2

-6

45

1st

1985

8,797

-5

6

42

1st

1986

7,150

16

22

· 43

1st

(Jan-Sep)

Average annual

growth rate (%)

1978-85

(7 years)

12

7

Source: Hong Kong Trade Statistics