HONG KONG'S IMPORTS FROM E.U.
OF COMPLETE WATCHES (SITC CODE)
VALUE: USD (MN)
- 1997 - - 1998 - - 1999 - JAN - DEC 2000
RANK SUPPLIERS VALUE %SHR %CHG VALUE %SHR %CHG VALUE %SHR %CHG VALUE %SHR %CHG
TOTAL 110 100.0 -12.6 76 100.0 -30.3 85 100.0 +11.3 103 100.0 +20.6
  1 GERMANY 53 48.6 -6.6 28 36.5 -47.7 36 42.1 +28.2 45 44.1 +26.4
  2 UNITED KINGDOM 19 17.0 -29.3 18 23.4 -4.2 24 28.6 +35.8 22 21.8 -8.0
  3 FRANCE 20 17.8 -21.1 13 17.0 -33.5 11 12.9 -15.3 11 10.7 *
  4 ITALY 4 3.6 +34.0 9 11.6 +124.4 3 3.0 -70.7 8 7.9 +212.5
  5 SPAIN 3 2.8 +27.3 2 3.1 -23.4 1 1.4 -49.7 8 7.4 +539.2
  6 BELGIUM 2 1.9 -8.1 1 1.2 -56.8 2 1.9 +85.1 3 2.7 +68.8
  7 POLAND * 0.1 .. 1 1.8 +777.6 1 1.1 -33.8 2 1.5 +68.1
  8 NETHERLANDS 3 2.4 -25.2 1 1.3 -63.1 4 5.3 +355.1 1 1.4 -68.0
  9 DENMARK 1 1.3 +10.5 1 1.4 -24.1 1 0.7 -44.0 1 0.8 +37.8
 10 SWEDEN 3 2.4 -18.7 1 1.0 -69.7 1 1.5 +58.1 1 0.7 -45.7
 11 AUSTRIA 1 1.0 +23.8 1 0.9 -39.7 1 0.7 -11.1 * 0.5 -20.5
 12 CYPRUS - - -100.0 * * = * 0.5 .. * 0.3 -31.3
 13 FINLAND * 0.1 -63.2 * * -92.3 * 0.2 .. * 0.2 +37.2
 14 GREECE * 0.2 +19.3 1 0.7 +120.7 * 0.2 -71.7 * 0.1 -15.0
 15 SLOVAK - - - - - - - - - * * =
 16 HUNGARY * 0.3 = * 0.1 -86.8 * * -81.5 * * +308.0
 17 IRELAND * * -83.4 * * -51.6 * * -2.7 * * +22.1
 18 CZECH REP * * +356.7 * * -84.7 * * +134.4 * * +6.5
 19 MALTA - - - - - - - - - * * =
 20 PORTUGAL * 0.3 .. * * -98.4 * * +496.0 * * -98.3
  . SLOVENIA - - - - - - - - - - - -
  . ESTONIA - - - - - - - - - - - -
  . LATVIA - - - - - - - - - - - -
  . LITHUANIA - - - - - - - - - - - -
  . BULGARIA - - - - - - - - - - - -
  . ROMANIA - - - - - - - - - - - -


* INSIGNIFICANT            = INFINITY     @ NOT AVAILABLE
..OVER 1000% INCREASE      - NIL     N.E.S. NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED
SOURCE: HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS, CENSUS & STATISTICS DEPT. HONG KONG TRADE DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL