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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:
1955
H.K.$
1956 H.K.$
1957
H.K.$
China
897,646,396 1,038,314,454
1,131,102,451
Japan
525,994,315 810,602,788
763,372,977
United Kingdom
441,036,467
513,333,600
667,279,421
U. S. A.
324,855,713
423,806,512
539,043,092
Switzerland
99,984,164
131,650,766
193,038,501
Thailand
185,878,109
185,362,677
191,787,225
Germany (Western)
128,351,816
118,982,636 159,266,421
Indonesia
28,922,533
58,875,228
126,248,493
Belgium
97,744,721
109,298,679
117,627,719
Australia
81,530,636
100,274,169
112,959,941
Malaya
151,429,690
152,260,931
101,687,490
Pakistan
53,945,164
98,049,901
92,003,220
India
83,764,840 51,029,928
89,054,459
Netherlands
64,240,036
77,866,515
86,189,924
Indo China
28,910,761
69,512,631
81,149,161
Taiwan
40,315,696
50,516,946
71,728,898
East Africa, British
44,825,848
55,620,548
67,352,924
Italy
36,609,624
40,479,653
63,478,719
South Africa
26,279,252 32,008,004
55,609,132
Canada
46,237,353 46,335,227 51,362,478
Other Countries
Total
330,414,450
402,013,338 388,112,271
3,718,917,584 4,566,195,131
5,149,454,917
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:→
1955 H.K.$
1956 H.K.$
1957
H.K.$
Malaya
375,365,533 372,774,225
372,683,321
United Kingdom
251,109,796
298,371,070
336,749,032
Indonesia
193,388,155 501,428,419
312,495,759
Japan
146,255,523 317,964,070
228,261,201
U. S. A.
87,869,362
116,570,563 198,181,851
Thailand
179,108,555
319,639,045
188,159,486
Indo China
125,610,742
138,665,918
178,542,760
China
181,560,144
135,971,366
123,351,977
Philippines
53,098,802
47,034,157
72,813,345
South Korea
192,203,333
125,182,160
71,366,430
Macau
57,370,030
57,706,599
66,380,683
Australia
53,429,959 55,018,664
65,520,739
Taiwan
37,402,084
47,482,890
60,603,212
Other Countries
600,221,928
675,805,282
741,162,430
Total
2,533,993,946 3,209,614,428 3,016,272,226