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Appendix X
(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)
Principal Commodities Exported
Principal commodities exported, with quantities and values, during 1955, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:
Eggs (gross)
Cuttle fish (cwt.)..
Flour (cwt.)
Beans & peas (cwt.)
Fresh
815,419 18,194,268
49,986 6,515,782
140,432 6,174,692
1,337,132 45,967,663
vegetables (cwt.)..
Sugar (cwt.)
Tea (lb.)
Soya beans (cwt.).
400,442 14,421,575
2,780,095 96,716,116
8,680,812 24,885,854
540,283 22,057,732
1953
Value
Quantity H.K.$
1954
Value
Quantity H.K.$
1955
Value
Quantity H.K.$
386,461 8,127,458
43,227 5,759,182
367,186 10,920,961
666,291 23,520,141
476,465 17,815,497
995,232 33,599,463
8,541,528 22,217,852
164,905 5,801,934
463,996 10,750,853
26,570 4,522,173
170,495 5,664,134
531,968 23,764,532
612,943 22,833,654
1,090,397 36,743,199
9,543,986 25,744,790
408,716 17,705,520
Sesamum seed
(cwt.)
Tung oil (cwt.)...
466,590 25,638,855
257,789 33,238,838
217,562 18,023,786
86,304 8,937,949
157,077 11,619,918
77,463 10,979,232
Coal-tar
dyestuffs (cwt.) ..
66,672 61,181,230
83,238 99,866,136
46,332 53,914,518
Cotton yarn
and thread (lb.). 35,118,077 114,413,678 32,348,506 102,608,472 36,010,964 113,588,915
Cotton piece-goods
(unbleached)
(sq. yd.)
Cotton piece-goods
36,974,999 38,267,488 43,630,693 46,000,873 68,055,286 74,095,901
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(bleached) (sq. yd.) 143,276,939 174,828,561 138,560,816 160,977,855 155,875,107 172,083,563
Enamelware
Textile machinery.
Electric torches
(doz.)
46,468,246
14,472,856
61,437,309
8,961,648
56,562,339
3,898,316
Watches and watch
movements (no.).
Bristles (lb.)
Feathers (lb.)
2,347,186 35,933,549 3,033,383 45,264,319 3,538,217 49,514,099
SUA...
751,762 32,548,411
771,462 13,090,537
3,673,210 11,649,428
206,904 6,942,993 273,768 11,136,202
1,121,941 19,804,245
6,458,746 18,873,321
1,119,792 13,132,120
5,878,632 21,651,181
Plants, seeds,
flowers, for
medicines,
perfumery (cwt.).
303,630 50,771,056
480,493 53,973,310
483,695 53,503,562
Sulphate of
ammonia (cwt.)... 2,752,128 52,073,556 5,876,975 109,405,473 2,853,098 55,055,803
Artificial
textiles (sq. yd.) .. 9,564,207 15,871,306 23,993,777 35,866,053 27,895,175 45,873,998