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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:

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

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