Domestic Exports

Clothing continued to be the largest component of domestic exports,
valued at $72.2 billion or 34.2 per cent of the total in 1997. This
percentage has remained stable over the past decade. At $33 billion,
electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances came second. Other
exports included photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and
optical goods; watches and clocks; textiles; and office machines and
automatic data processing machines.

The pattern and volume of Hong Kong's export trade are closely related to
the economic conditions and commercial policies of its major overseas
markets. In 1997, the Mainland of China, the USA and the United
Kingdom were Hong Kong's largest markets, absorbing 30.2 per cent,
26.1 per cent and 5.1 per cent of total domestic exports, respectively.

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