1972/73
26. Goods Traffic. There was a slight increase in goods traffic during the year. Comparative figures are as follows :-
Percentage Increase/ Decrease
1973/74
Increase/ Decrease
Carriage of general $ 8,118,062 8,451,558 merchandise
tons (1,194,169) (1,246,457)
+ 333,496
+ 4.11
(+ 52,288)
+ 4.38
Other goods services (Handling charges,
baggage, parcels, etc.) $ 2,107,674 2,229,218
+ 121,544
+ 5.77
Total goods revenue $ 10,225,736 10,680,776
+ 455,040
+ 4.45
27. The principal commodities imported by rail into Hong Kong during the year were :-
Apples
Bars, steel
Beer
Canned goods
Cardboard
Cement
Cotton piece goods
Eggs
Meat, frozen
Oil, rape seed
Oranges
Paper
Pears Tiles
...
29,691 tons
33,273 42,617
#1
18,591
16,222
11
49,500 24,308
#!
11
42,724 25,396
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#t
14,814
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15,156
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34,793
誓誓
42,592 15,666 "
#1
28.
(for full table please see Appendix VII)
These amounted to 53.80% of the total tonnage.
The figures of livestock imported by rail for the same period were as follows :-
Buffaloes
Cows Goats Pigs
1,344 head 33,259
485 H
11
1,501,930
11
29.
A total of 7,385 cold storage wagons carrying 132,000 tons were received by the British Section from China including the following :-
No. of wagons
2,018
2,508
1,104
524 600
Description of goods
Weight in metric tons
Eggs
30,352
Fresh fruits
45,402
Meat
25,396
Poultry
11,856
Vegetables
7,846
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