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Appendix IX- Contd.
Principal Commodities Imported
Passenger road
motor vehicles, complete, other than buses or motor cycles (nos.)
1955
1956
1957
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Quantity
Value H.K.8
3,594 30,795,935
3,381 30,959,655
4,529 42,973,575
Mild steel plates
and sheets,
uncoated (cwt.) ..
314,949 10,411,102
730,861 29,443,680
860,501 42,545,899
Bovine cattle,
including buffaloes (nos.)
79,413 40,170,625
79,802 34,568,797
83,411 39,385,276
Textile machinery and accessories
13,615,090
20,482,312
37,354,260
Gas oil, diesel fuel,
distillate stove oil (ton)
118,973 20,734,475
160,929 29,895,504
Cement (cwt.)
Tea (lb.)
Iron and steel black
plates (cwt.)
178,254 36,243,649
3,630,563 21,792,825 4,982,266 29,536,371 5,711,884 82,928,023
16,470,763 34,848,141 14,397,354 26,321,506 15,340,835 29,792,532
660,374 20,303,940 1,007,155 38,063,584 702,204 29,237,034
Appendix X
(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)
Principal Commodities Exported
Principal commodities exported, with quantities and values, during 1957, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:
Cotton piece-goods
1955
1956
1957
Quantity
Value' H.K.$
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Value
Quantity
H.K.$
(bleached) (sq. yd.) 155,875,107 172,083,563 242,651,612 277,906,443 229,235,269 256,876,030
Outerwear, exclud-
ing rubberized
clothing
82,508,021
104,485,436
143,537,081
Cotton yarn and
thread (lb.)
36,010,964 113,588,915 45,587,119 143,443,791 42,320,340 135,704,480
Cotton piece-goods
(unbleached) (sq. yd.)
68,055,286 74,095,901 79,667,690 89,140,814 115,193,298 125,410,743
Shirts (doz.)
1,642,191 67,247,016 1,676,932 71,887,726 1,948,067 83,562,448
Enamelware
56,562,339
77,224,346
66,746,632
Gloves and mittens
of all materials
(except rubber
gloves) (doz. pair). 2,295,477 38,400,791 2,775,959 46,781,772 3,242,960 58,045,244