HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT, 1952
being reduced in greater or lesser degree. (The largest reduction was in respect of exports to China, which totalled less than one-third of the previous year's figure). A diagram showing Hong Kong's principal trading partners for the year will be found facing this page.
In order of value the main items of import in 1952 were foodstuffs and beverages $1,041 million; textile fibres, yarns and fabrics $729 million; chemicals in- cluding pharmaceuticals, dyeing materials, essential oils, etc. $410 million; machinery and transport equipment $199 million; animal and vegetable oils
151 million; mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials $131 million; base metals $11 million; and paper and paperware $100 million. Principal items of export, also in order of value, were textile fibres, yarns and fabrics $609 million; chemicals including pharma- ceuticals, dyeing materials, essential oils, etc. $479 million; foodstuffs and beverages $454 million; clothing and footwear $250 million; manufactures of metals, not elsewhere specified, $122 million; machinery and transport equipment $116 million; and animal and vegetable oils $106 million.
The principal local products exported during the year together with their respective values are shown in the diagram facing page 59. The total value of exports of those items of local produce which are separately recorded in the Trade Classification List for the year amounted to $486 million, or 16.7% of the total exports for 1952. Separate records are not kept for all items of local produce exported but the overall total is probably between 20% and 25% of total exports. Markets for locally manufactured goods were found principally in Indonesia, Malaya, Thailand, Formosa and Pakistan. Burma, British Africa and the United Kingdom were also important outlets.
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