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Appendix X
(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)
Principal Commodities Exported
Principal commodities exported, with quantities and values, during 1956, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:
1954
1955
1956
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Eggs (gross)
Cuttle fish (cwt.).
Flour (cwt.)
463,996 10,750,853 386,461 8,127,458
26,570 4,522,173
170,495 5,664,134
Beans & peas (cwt.).
531,968 23,764,532
43,227 5,759,182
367,186 10,920,961
666,291 23,520,141
330,721 6,889,170
27,089 4,111,291
460,071 12,364,435
481,675 14,620,154
Fresh vegetables
(cwt.)
Sugar (cwt.)
Tea (lb.)
612,943 22,833,654
1,090,397 36,743,199
476,465 17,815,497
995,232 33,599,463
Soyabeans (cwt.)
9,543,986 25,744,790 8,541,528 22,217,852
408,716 17,705,520
164,905 5,801,934
580,628 21,240,294
1,199,838 41,619,204
8,015,999 17,018,246
175,194 5,766,262
Sesamum seed
(cwt.)
217,562 18,023,786
157,077 11,619,918
Tuug oil (cwt.)
86,304 8,937,949
77,463 10,979,232
222,621 12,720,112
129,874 19,260,468
Coal-tar
dyestuffs (cwt.)...
83,238 99,866,136
46,332 53,914,518
28,194 24,131,113
32,348,506 102,608,472 36,010,964 113,588,915 45,587,119 143,443,791
Cotton piece-goods
Cotton yarn and
thread (lb.)
Cotton piece-goods
(unbleached) (sq. yd.)
(bleached)
(sq. yd.)
43,630,693 46,000,873 68,055,286 74,095,901 79,667,690 89,140,814
138,560,816 160,977,855 155,875,107 172,083,563 242,651,612 277,906,443
12 277,
Enamelware
Textile machinery
幽
61,437,309
8,961,648
56,562,339
3,898,316
77,224,346
9,139,313
Electric torches
(doz.)
3,033,383 45,264,319 3,538,217 49,514,099 3,640,187 49,712,619
Watches and watch movements (nos.).
Bristles (lb.)
Feathers (lb.)
206,904 6,942,993
1,121,941 19,804,245
6,458,746 18,873,321
273,768 11,136,202 490,118 16,993,240
1,119,792 13,132,120 301,339 4,015,835
5,878,632 21,651,181 4,067,056 18,080,327
Plants, seeds,
flowers, for medicines,
perfumery (cwt.).
480,493 53,973,310
483,695 53,503,562
556,262 58,004,103
Sulphate of
ammonia (cwt.) ..
Artificial
textiles (sq. yd.)
5,876,975 109,405,473 2,853,098 55,055,803 1,916,393 37,182,493
23,993,777 35,866,053 27,895,175 45,873,998 75,782,112 92,061,678