APPENDICES
Appendix VIII (See page 49)
Principal Commodities Imported
Principal commodities imported, with quantities and values, during 1954, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:
Swine Poultry Fresh
Eggs
Rice
Flour
1952
1953
1954
Unit Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value H.K.$
No.
Lb.
H.K.$
H.K.$
620,201 97,267,867 400,871 69,722,385 487,130 89,761,070 19,715,324 36,842,165 20,915,339 34,262,288 21,648,459 39,343,822
Vegetables Cwt. 2,032,590 40,575,939 1,894,285 24,593,547 2,248,605 34,820,288 Milk, tinned.. Lb. 23,918,253 28,175,836 27,606,817 33,458,849 21,177,705 23,997,355 Gross 2,924,788 51,733,561 3,072,995 56,739,668 2,788,051 50,460,492 Cwt. 4,659,052 217,983,592 6,139,121 318,907,436 2,113,853 86,973,521 Cwt. 929,129 40,134,815 719,784 28,991,303 894,918 28,789,405 Beans & peas Cwt. 1,520,783 55,063,527 1,645,160 53,083,124 704,882 26,245,510
Sugar
Cwt. 1,443,519 54,705,405 3,314,424 107,461,653 2,030,310 58,430,630 Lb. 16,203,125 32,433,205 12,996,221 28,188,813 14,523,208 33,170,707 Lb. 9,920,644 55,222,583 11,941,454 58,091,058 12,152,530 51,509,393 Soya Beans Cwt. 650,492 31,545,797 246,754 10,139,372 820,328 33,263,374
Raw Cotton.. Cwt.
Coal
Cwt.
Furnace Fuel
Oils
Tea
Tobacco
571,746 169,310,469
6,111,887 33,118,747
753,353 155,192,471
4,137,662 18,441,606
1,074,166 227,550,511
4,092,384 16,819,299
Ton
326,149 43,956,040 447,896 45,265,670 533,642 51,725,815
Cotton yarn
and thread Lb. 27,473,922 114,926,501 10,892,176 41,246,012 13,133,443 44,883,763
Cotton piece-
goods (un-
• R
bleached)... Sq. Ya. 39,484,977 51,177,763 33,232,302 33,005,499 52,639,084 43,728,123 Cotton piece-
goods
(bleached). Sq. Yd. 51,379,722 84,724,799 68,112,700 92,464,661 53,769,605 81,241,545 321,105 59,108,283 265,945 33,126,517 115,388 10,911,046
Tung oil
Watches
and Watch
movements
..
Cwt.
No.
1,969,920 90,078,748 2,734,272 96,384,121
2,357,044 85,146,795
Artificial
textiles.... Sq. Yd. 51,821,413 83,679,001 55,420,371 80,886,061 75,942,678 98,982,900
Woollen
piecegoods. Sq. Yd.
2,184,605 37,079,088 2,024,588 31,456,171 6,355,365 74,746,067
Groundnut
oil
Cwt.
334,227 37,445,732
329,778 38,186,463
167,480 18,775,508
Plants, seeds
flowers, for
medicines,
perfumery
Cwt.
342,412 47,497,841
475,475 59,826,228
624,471 64,426,452
Sulphate of
Ammonia
Cwt.
3,131,888 87,497,066 2,163,695 40,821,277 6,137,839 110,540,295
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