HONG KONG MONETARY AUTHORITY Annual Report 1996
TABLE 10: GEOGRAPHICAL BREAKDOWN OF NET EXTERNAL
CLAIMS/LIABILITIES OF ALL AUTHORISED INSTITUTIONS
| (HK$ billion) |
Net Claims on/ (Liabilities to) Banks Outside HK |
1995 Net Claims on/ (Liabilities to) Non-bank Customers Outside HK |
Total Net Claims (Liabilities) |
Net Claims on/ (Liabilities to) Banks Outside HK |
1996 Net Claims on/ (Liabilities to) Non-bank Customers Outside HK |
Total Net Claims (Liabilities) |
| Region/Country | ||||||
| ASIA & PACIFIC | (1,308) | 1,953 | 645 | (1,167) | 1,868 | 701 |
| Japan | (1,497) | 1,842 | 345 | (1,386) | 1,740 | 354 |
| South Korea | 65 | 33 | 99 | 87 | 43 | 130 |
| Thailand | 76 | 31 | 107 | 80 | 37 | 116 |
| China | 7 | 56 | 63 | 1 | 59 | 60 |
| Australia | 40 | 7 | 47 | 42 | 9 | 51 |
| New Zealand | 14 | 19 | 33 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Taiwan | 38 | (12) | 26 | 23 | (14) | 9 |
| India | 1 | 7 | 8 | (1) | 8 | 7 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Philippines | (3) | (9) | (11) | 6 | (4) | 2 |
| Vanuatu | (23) | (2) | (25) | 4 | (3) | 1 |
| Macao | (14) | (5) | (19) | (13) | (6) | (20) |
| Singapore | (21) | (30) | (51) | (22) | (31) | (52) |
| Others | (2) | - | (2) | (1) | - | (1) |
| NORTH AMERICA | 44 | 54 | 98 | (7) | 43 | 36 |
| Canada | 2 | 35 | 37 | 1 | 20 | 21 |
| United States | 42 | 18 | 61 | (8) | 23 | 15 |
| CARIBBEAN | 15 | (127) | (112) | (11) | (137) | (148) |
| Bahamas | 59 | 1 | 60 | 55 | 1 | 55 |
| Panama | - | 18 | 18 | (1) | 18 | 17 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 4 | (1) | 5 | 5 |
| Netherlands Antilles | (1) | (40) | (41) | (1) | (49) | (50) |
| Cayman Islands | (43) | (76) | (120) | (64) | (79) | (143) |
| Others | - | (34) | (34) | - | (33) | (33) |
| AFRICA | - | 11 | 11 | - | 1 2 | 1 2 |
| Liberia | - | 11 | 11 | - | 11 | 11 |
| South Africa | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Nigeria | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Others | (1) | - | (1) | - | - | - |