APPENDICES

Appendix IV

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)

Trade

Value of Hong Kong's Merchandise Trade

(To nearest hundred million $)

367

Imports

Exports

Re-exports Total trade

1960 1959

·

% increase

1960

1959

over 1959

$ million $ million

5,900

4,900

+ 20%

2,900

2,300

+ 26%

1,100

1,000

+ 10%

9,800

8,300

+ 18%

Cargo Tonnages

1960 Imports $5,864 million

Commodity Pattern

8.2 million tons

7.6 million tons

Manufactured goods

Food

Crude inedible materials

Machinery

Chemicals

Miscellaneous_manufactured articles

33%

23%

12%

10%

8%

7%

1960 $ million

1959 $ million

Textile yarn, fabrics, and made-up articles

Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material

Base metals

1,932

1.604

+ 20%

1,044

892

+ 17%

302

205

+ 47%

Silver, platinum, gems and jewellery

212

164

+ 29%

Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof

134

114

+ 18%

Food

1,353

1,238

+ 9%

Cereals

317

316

Nil

Fruits and vegetables

264

248

+ 6%

Live animals

248

224

+ 11%

Dairy products

128

109

+17%

Crude materials, inedible, except fuels

687

556

+ 24%

Textile fibres

337

267

+ 26%

Animal and vegetable crude materials

155

121

+ 28%

Wood lumber and cork ..

87

76

+ 14%

Machinery and transport equipment

599

426

+ 41%

Non-electric machinery

269

177

+ 52%

Electric machinery

176

152

+

+ 16%

Transport equipment

154

98

+ 57%

Chemicals

466

392

+ 19%

Miscellaneous chemical products

177

141

+ 26%

Medicinal and pharmaceutical products

109

90

+ 21%

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

427

356

++ 20%

Scientific and controlling instruments, photographic

and optical goods, watches and clocks

176

138

+ 28%

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