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Exports

Imports

Export/Import

Table 1: UK's Trade with Hong Kong

(£ million)

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

1 013

1 031

1 112

1 238

1 387

1 531

1 789

2 037

1 972

2 148

66.1%

57.6%

54.6%

62.8%

64.6%

Source: Overseas Trade Statistics of the United Kingdom

Table 2: Hong Kong's Trade with UK

(HK$million)

1987

1988

1989

1990

1991

Domestic Exports

12 904

15 524

14 638

13 496

13 706

Retained Imports

9 249

9 667

9 258

9 473

11 490

Net Surplus/Deficit

+3 655

+5 857

+5 380

+4 022

+2 216

Net Export/Import

ratio

139.5%

160.6%

158.1%

142.5%

119.3%

Re-Exports

4 270

6 419

8 918

12 107

14 663

Imports re-exported

2 463

3 255

3 707

4 645

Entrepot Surplus/

Deficit

+1 807

+3 164

+5 211

+7 462

5 813

+8 850

Entrepot Export/

173.4%

197.2%

240.6%

260.6%

252.2%

Import ratio

Source: Hong Kong Trade Statistics