§ Mr. Thorntonasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies if he will state by value Hong Kong's visible trade, with exports represented by 100 in each case and corresponding figures for imports, in total, and also with the United Kingdom, the United States of America, China, Japan, Formosa, Western Germany, and Europe, other than United Kingdom and Western Germany for each of the years from 1957 to 1961.
§ Mr. MaudlingVisible imports by value into Hong Kong from the countries named, expressed as a percentage of exports to the same countries, are as follows:
HONG KONG IMPORTS EXPRESSED AS PERCENTAGE OF EXPORTS (BY VALUE) — 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 Percent. Percent. Percent. Percent. Percent. U.K. 199 134 124 109 125 U.S.A. 184 108 84 91 99 China 917 897 904 986 1,037 Japan 334 497 333 408 376 Formosa 118 81 175 164 242 Western Germany 379 209 163 160 169 Other Europe 675 393 353 342 339 TOTAL 170 154 151 149 152