APPENDICES

Appendix IX (See page 45)

Principal Commodities Exported

Principal commodities exported, with quantities and values, during 1953, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:

1951

1952

1953

Unit Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value

Eggs

Gross 1,306,812

Cuttle fish

Cwt.

.

Flour

Cwt.

Beans, peas

Cwt.

H.K.$

27,439,905

158,724 18,501,451

432,017 17,610,637

1,069,643 42,108,368

H.K.S

748,447 16,900,751 180,065 21,592,852

323,539 15,911,655

1,365,069 56,142,773

H.K.S

815,419 18,194,268

49,986 6,515,782

140,432 6,174,692

1,337,132 45,967,663

Fresh

vegetables

Cwt.

Sugar

Cwt.

Tea

Lb.

Soya Beans

Cwt.

Sesamum seed.

Cwt.

Tung oil

Cwt.

903,632 44,062,004

1,293,336 67,106,246

13,056.345 31,130,665

361,360 19,284,834

172,495 15,022,022

511,698 101,607,024

559,639 23,919,256

863,012 39,352,285

12,427,967 33,826,343

400,442 14,421,575

2,780,095 96,716,116

8,680,812 24,885,854

405,785 17,855,268

417,625 24,188,973

294,722 50,979,293

540,283 22,057,732

466,590 25,638,855

257,789 33,238,838

Coal-tar

dyestuffs

Cwt.

104,470 100,648,939

38,644 34,414,779

66,672 61,181,230

Cotton yarn

and thread

Cotton piece-

Lb.

45,832,793 259,898,038 36,433,640 159,937,070 35,118,077 114,413,678

goods

(unbleached).. Sq. Yd. 61,058,418 103,524,579 38,904,191 54,846.717 36,974,999 38,267,488

Cotton piece-

goods

(bleached)

Sq. Yd. 98,927,896 193,093,082 126,076,848 184,574,948 143,276,939 174,828,563

Enamelware

36,129,515

65,116,266

46,468,246

Textile

machinery

34,860,118

23,646,051

14,472,856

Electric torches Doz.

1,784,333 43,281,563 1,973,987 40,060,995

2,347,186 35,933,549

Watches

and watch

movements

No.

Bristles

Lb.

Feathers

Lb.

83,139,001 1,030,617 29,203,925 57,234,060

678,732 33,693,585 751,762 32,548,411

1,465,661 35,164,898 3,984,731 30.195,207

771,462 13,090,537

3,673,210 11,649,428

Plants, seeds

flowers, for

medicines,

perfumery

Cwt.

Sulphate of

Ammonia

Cwt.

77,935,507

276,390 55,402,072 303,630 50,771,056

2,867,825 94,827,676 2,752,128 52,073,556

Artificial

textiles

Sq. Yd. 34,416,170 69,520.505 18,806,015 29,947,462 9,564,207 15,871,306

* not available.

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