310
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:
1954 H.K.$
1955 H.K.$
1956 H.K.$
United Kingdom
369,370,054
441,036,467
513,333,600
Malaya
161,609,904
151,429,690
152,260,931
India
53,359,614
83,764,840
51,029,928
Pakistan
67,752,131
53,945,164
98,049,901
Canada
Australia
55,148,962 63,028,360 81,530,636
46,237,353
46,335,227
100,274,169
Other Commonwealth
Countries
113,370,161
121,740,964 146,065,223
China
Japan
691,845,761 897,646,396 1,038,314,454 464,537,320 525,994,315 810,602,788
U. S. A.
281,051,186
324,855,713
423,806,512
Thailand
131,174,127
185,878,109
185,362,677
Italy
31,829,455
36,609,624
40,479,653
Germany (Western)
155,572,923
128,351,816
118,982,636
Switzerland
104,550,499
99,984,164
131,650,766
Netherlands
84,436,429
64,240,036
77,866,515
Other Countries
606,782,339
475,672,297
631,780,151
Total
3,435,419,225
3,718,917,584 4,566,195,131
•
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
China
Thailand
Taiwan
Japan
South Korea
U. S. A.
1954 H.K.$
1955 H.K.$
1956 H.K.$
162,165,696 251,539,596
298,371,070
330,540,133 375,365,533
372,774,225
315,347,845 348,305,927 380,052,355 224,642,245 193,388,155 501,428,419
390,786,609
181,560,144
135,971,366
130,182,846
179,108,555
319,639,045
79,864,733
37,402,084
47,482,890
114,649,954
146,255,523
317,964,070
170,133,476
192,203,333
125,182,160
70,000,948 87,869,362
116,570,563
Macau
Other Countries
Total
364,905,060 484,055,504
2,417,015,601 2,534,423,746 3,209,614,428
63,796,056
57,370,030
57,706,599
536,471,666