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Appendix IX
(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)
Principal Commodities Imported
Principal commodities imported, with quantities and values, during 1957, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:
1955
1956
1957
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Quantity
Value H.K.S
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Raw cotton (cwt.).
785,672 164,602,069
1,305,086 254,266,681 1,385,706 257,435,957
Cotton piece-goods
(bleached) (sq. yd.)
Rice (cwt.)
Watches and watch
movements (nos.).
Artificial textiles
(sq. yd.)
Woollen piece-goods
(sq. yd.)
Cotton piece-goods
(unbleached) (sq. yd.)
Furnace fuel oil
(ton)
Cotton yarn and
thread (lb.)
Diamonds, cut and
polished
Swine (nos.)
Plants, seeds,
flowers, for medi- cines, perfumery, etc. (cwt.)
Sugar (cwt.)
Iron and steel bars
and rounds (cwt.).
Yarn and thread
of synthetic fibres and spun glass (lb.)
Bed linen, table
67,886,749 98,781,721 159,732,482 205,097,287 162,652,603 214,970,756
5,181,792 177,290,484 5,557,880 191,685,546 6,162,008 214,047,979
2,067,655 76,498,165
=
3,014,099 118,695,177 4,021,629 174,946,571
90,645,197 125,185,355 134,823,576 165,591,401 112,831,147 143,758,152
9,140,393 95,093,898 8,980,237 82,628,045 11,008,102 102,849,207
69,602,318 55,084,146 114,221,462 98,429,327 118,182,462 100,100,368
541,177 54,432,292 699,823 81,989,905
725,464 100,065,004
=
12,972,440 38,627,883 36,542,411 103,607,275 39,360,993_97,068,344
60,741,781
623,520 108,380,529
85,012,658
548,537 88,556,608
93,619,811
543,127 92,370,005
510,267 63,658,024
63,658,024 602,047 77,492,629
467,192 84,972,762
2,138,481 81,326,755
1,974,345 58,248,352 2,398,000 72,624,921
465,266 13,655,355 895,768 32,864,108 1,911,870 79,082,546
24,229,027 62,545,188 24,007,957 67,721,392 15,448,013 57,387,472
linen and kitchen linen
26,086,354
39,047,723
52,690,693
Cigarettes (lb.)... 4,046,569 36,457,546 3,925,699 36,615,009 4,642,353 47,070,440
Plates and sheets,
zinc-coated
(galvanized) (cwt.)
84,129 5,037,681 865,410 59,449,719 595,671 45,653,717
Poultry, live (lb.). 18,259,430 34,983,079 20,477,878 38,426,660 27,455,071 44,906,818
Fresh vegetables
(cwt.)
2,083,207 33,942,248 2,471,835 32,654,742 3,398,343 44,859,946