TNAG-1942-FCO40-2768-Internal-economic-situation-in-Hong-Kong-1989 — Page 119

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INDEBTEDNESS AND BRITISH EXPOSURE

Europe

Greece

Turkey

CONFIDENTIAL

$ billion

Total external

British-owned

banks'

ECGD

amounts

debt $bn

exposure [1]

at risk

End-Dec

End-June

End-March

1987

1988

1987 [2]

End-March 1987 [3]

21

1.3 (0.4)

0.1

0.3

38

0.4(0.1)

0.2

0.6

Sub-Saharan Africa

Cote d'Ivoire

12

0.3(0.0)

0.1

0.1

Nigeria

26

1.3(0.1)

2.5

3.5

South Africa

23

3.7(0.6)

0.9

2.5

Sudan

12

0.0 (0.0)

0.2

0.2

Middle East and North Africa

Algeria

24

0.4 (0.1)

0.2

0.4

Egypt

50

0.2(0.1)

0.3

1.3

Iraq

65 [4]

0.1(0.1)

0.6

1.6

Jordan

5 [5]

0.2(0.0)

0.1

0.7

Morocco

20

0.2(0.

.0)

0.2

0.3

Oman

3

0.1(0.1)

0.7

1.9

Saudi Arabia

18 (6)

0.7 (0.2)

0.2

0.3

[4]

Includes $30 bn from Arab countries.

[5]

[6]

More recent

End-December 1986 estimate which excludes sizeable military debt. estimates put the figure at $6.5 bn (again probably excluding military debt).

External bank and guaranteed trade debt at end-December 1987.

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