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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