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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

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

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