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Hong Kong

Its Value to Britain

£

British exports to Hong Kong total more than

El billion a year.

That means £191 worth of British goods for every man,

woman and child in Hong Kong. Compare that with a mero

£18.6 per capita of exports to Japan and only £11.7 to

South Korea.

££

British exports to Hong Kong grew by 10.1% a

year in the 1980s.

British exports world wide grew by only 8.7% during the

decade.

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market.

Hong Kong is Britain's second largest Far East

Hong Kong is Britain's sixth largest market outside North

America and Europe and its 17th largest world-wide

market. It is also the world's llth biggest trading

economy.

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British net direct investments in Hong Kong

topped £1.9 billion in 1987.

New UK investments in Hong Kong averaged £180 million a

year during the 1980s.