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Appendix X
(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)
Principal Commodities Exported
Principal commodities exported, with quantities and values, during 1958, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:
1956
1957
1958
Quantity
Value HK$
Quantity
Value HK$
Value
Quantity
HK$
Outerwear, excluding
rubberized clothing
104,485,436
143,537,081
214,134,632
Cotton piece-goods
(bleached) (sq. yd.).. 242,651,612 277,906,443 229,235,269 256,876,030 205,045,179 200,517,628
Cotton piece-goods
(unbleached) (sq. yd.) 79,667,690 89,140,814 115,193,298 125,410,743 162,464,506 158,441,478 Cotton yarn and thread
(lb.)
Shirts (doz.)
Underwear and night-
wear (except cotton
singlets and shirts)
Enamelware
Toys and games
Footwear, wholly or
chiefly of textile
45,587,119 143,443,791 1,676,932 71,887,726
35,446,729
77,224,346
28,527,111
42,320,340 135,704,480 39,818,627 119,810,804 1,948,067 83,562,448 1,871,439 81,365,516
50,833,099
66,746,632
52,424,591
75,890,597
68,980,669
65,168,571
materials with rubber
soles (doz. pair)
1,237,096 39,451,658
1,206,290 36,069,088
1,832,742 56,191,694
Gloves and mittens of
all materials (except rubber gloves) (doz. pair)
Plants, seeds, flowers,
2,775,959 46,781,772
3,242,960 58,045,244
2,871,418 52,361,005
for medicines,
perfumery, etc. (cwt.)
536,260 58,004,103
362,421 51,879,438
Sugar. (cwt.)
1,199,838 41,619,204 1,111,898 51,832,064
297,454 49,477,898 1,145,299 41,484,651
28,148,836 7,853,776
Bed linen, table linen
and kitchen linen Antibiotics
Electric torches (doz.).. Cotton singlets (doz.).. ~Artificial textiles
(sq. yd.)
Furniture of vegetable
plaiting materials
(bamboo, straw,
3,640,187 49,712,619 3,042,073 41,959,634 4,872,261 76,980,160 2,335,740 36,968,781 1,964,271 31,849,939
75,782,112 92,061,678 38,896,769 44,657,403 22,998,220 28,731,047
38.426,488
29,667,029
35,534,055
33,758,141
2,448,934 32,837,755
willow, etc.)
22,360,128
25,120,671
23,137,176
Iron and steel scrap
(cwt.)
1,980,110 40,210,513 1,462,664 32,421,404
2,030,345 22,997,519
24,368,083
25,894,615
18,623,954
Medicinal and phar-
maceutical products (Chinese type)
Yarn and thread of synthetic fibres and spun glass (Ib.)
Iron and steel bars and
rounds (cwt.)
24,437,360 66,379,770 12,418,149 39.737,145 4,285,957 18,190,687
684,445 30,224,043 488,622 21,550,813 643,404 17,729,363
Brass and bronze scrap
(cwt.)
75,310 13,372,860
Tung oil (cwt.)
129,874 19,260,468
132,941 24,425,105 207,855 25,687,230
91,243 12,005,751 125,073 10,343,644
Plates and sheets, zinc
coated (galvanized) (cwt.)
813,004 56,866,884
Raw cotton (cwt.)
Copper scrap (cwt.)
312,513 60,104,333 28,688 7,595,742
544,194 42,428,658 201,077 41,271,820 127,261 28,384,266
71,261 4,225,409
6,588 5,047
993,816
640,237