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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:
1957
1959
1958
HKS
HK$
HKS
China
1,131,102,451
1,396,915,730
1,034,166,001
Japan
763,372,977
596,992,986
769,602,101
United Kingdom
667,279,421
530,889,629
573,717,667
U.S.A.
539,043,092
439,559,587
516,676,963
Thailand
191,787,225
160,287,706
196,883,422
Pakistan
92,003,220
33,396,776
145,759,340
German Federal Republic (Western)
159,266,421
135,154,017
136,437,360
Australia
112,959,941
112,769,089
133,166,470
Malaya
101,687,490
102,837,009
123,057,025
Switzerland
193,038,501
130,973,836
112,001,184
Netherlands
86,189,924
75,952,407
106,074,597
Indonesia
126,248,493
94,681,076
102,839,356
Belgium
Formosa (Taiwan)
East Africa: Tanganyika
71,728,898
49,839,100
102,326,156
117,627,719
60,082,472
73,938,268
Uganda
Kenya
Zanzibar
Canada
Cambodia
South Africa
Italy
India
Macau
Other Countries
Total
67,352,924
65,653,228
{
34,316,661
18,363,370
16,557,329
3,044,712
51,362,478
42,958,937
64,580,176
53,346,697
50,037,272
59,310,994
55,609,132
48,248,033
59,119,397
63,478,719
55,314,549
58,208,886
89,054,459
65,820,919
47,936,058
42,872,541
39,897,978
43,790,903
373,042, 194
305,471,296
417,497,546
4,593,733,632
4,949,371,942
5,149,454,917
Appendix VIII
(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)
Direction of Trade Total Exports
The principal markets for the Colony's total exports during the past three years were as follows:
1957 HK$
1958
1959
HK$
HK$
U.S.A.
United Kingdom
Malaya
Japan
Thailand
China.
Australia
German Federal Republic (Western)
Indonesia
Canada
Macau
198,181,851
326,353,470
591,005,090
336,749,032
393,241,465
462,186,094
+
372,683,321
382,233,325
380,114,394
·
228,261,201
120,159,870
231,106,445
188,159,486 217,009,924
146,820,400
123,351,977
155,763,132
114,331,403
65,520,739
75,940,565
85,273,697
42,025,424
64,647,825
83.548.637
312,495,759
210,753,637
75,167,189
41,110,898
51,161,926
73,631,746
66,380,683
57,805,218
64,893,369
Formosa (Taiwan)
60,603,212
61,715,594
58,478,634
Philippines
Nigeria
South Korea
Cambodia
Burma
U.S. Oceania
Ceylon
Sweden
South Africa
Netherlands
Belgium
Italy
New Zealand
South Vietnam
Norway
72,813,345
55,727,750
49,134,674
30,878,371
42,349,111
45,373,425
71,366,430
52,807,645
44,100,047
46,308,016
25,482,242
37,119,180
49,620,791
29,971,613
36,512,209
31,340,457
31,238,008
31,936,265
16,449,499
18,815,203
30,039,741
10,400,652
17,546,646
25,659,112
43,643,588
30,012,804
25,339,388
•
18,090,286
23,170,833
22,733,334
16,044,452
20,282,255
22,347,514
9,102,719
9,982,749
18,801,321
17,790,156
19,914,904
18,065,542
33,086,853
20,927,387
17,903,281
9,522,166
9,914,339
16,690,600
North Vietnam Other Countries
Total
3.016,272,226
30,485,166 473,805,696
2,988,801,712
36,110,085 427,762,187
16,021,678
453,207,043
3,277,541,452