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Appendix VII
(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)
Direction of Trade
Imports
The principal countries from which goods were imported into Hong Kong are shown below, with total values for the past three years:
1953
1954
1955
H.K.$
H.K.$
H.K.$
United Kingdom
474,353,929
369,370,054
441,036,467
Malaya
177,485,292
161,609,904
151,429,690
India
53,452,419
53,359,614
83,764,840
Pakistan
116,396,534
67,752,131
53,945,164
Canada
58,582,539
55,148,962
46,237,353
Australia
55,688,825
63,028,360 81,530,636
Other Commonwealth
Countries
114,644,471
China
Japan
857,136,042 384,079,187 464,537,320
113,370,161 121,740,964 691,845,761
897,646,396
525,994,315
U. S. A.
224,909,213 281,051,186
324,855,713
Thailand
289,797,495
131,174,127
185,878,109
Italy
77,542,231
31,829,455
36,609,624
Germany
212,744,708
155,572,923
128,351,816
Switzerland
105,205,291
104,550,499
99,984,164
Netherlands
Other Countries
Total
3,872,669,640 3,435,419,225 3,718,917,584
119,191,463
84,436,429
64,240,036
551,460,001 606,782,339
475,672,297
Appendix VIII
(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)
Direction of Trade Exports
The principal markets for the Colony's exports during the past three years were as follows:
United Kingdom Malaya
Other Commonwealth
Countries
Indonesia
1954 H.K.$
1955
H.K.$
1953 H.K.$ 119,255,160 162,165,696 251,539,596 337,188,222 330,540,133 375,365,533
262,365,315 315,347,845 348,305,927 371,995,621 224,642,245 193,388,155
China
540,348,259
390,786,609
181,560,144
Thailand
206,719,599
130,182,846
179,108,555
Taiwan
105,779,717
79,864,733
37,402,084
Japan
221,586,463
114,649,954
146,255,523
South Korea
52,458,084
170,133,476
192,203,333
U. S. A.
62,369,410
70,000,948
87,869,362 -
Macau
88,197,739
63,796,056
57,370,030
Other Countries
365,457,635
364,905,060
484,055,504
Total
2,733,721,224 2,417,015,601 2,534,423,746