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Appendix XVI
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Trade
Value of Hong Kong's Merchandise Trade
% increase or decrease
Imports..
Exports
Re-exports
Total trade
1969 1968
...
::
1969
1968
$ million $ million
14,893 10.518
12,472
+ 19%
8,428
+ 25
+
+
2,679 28,090
2,142
+ 25
23,042
+ 22%
13.3 million tons
Cargo Tonnages
Appendix XVII
(Chapter 4: Industry and Trade)
Imports: Commodity Pattern
1969 total value $14,893 million
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
Food and live animals
Machinery and transport equipment Miscellaneous manufactured articles Chemicals
-
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
+
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
Textile yarn, fabrics and made-up articles Non-metallic mineral manufactures
Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof Iron and steel
Food and live animals
...
1969
$ million 4,912
1968
12.0 million tons
4
% of total imports in 1969
33%
19
15
11
89
8%
% increase
or decrease
·+1++++++++
39
59
19
$ million
3,976
+ 24%
2,556
2,108
1,162
853
356
318
316
228
Non-ferrous metals
218
207
Manufactures of metal, n,e,s,
144
121
2,804
2,468
Cereals and cereal preparations
598
603
Fruit and vegetables
554
508
Live animals...
460
356
29
Meat and meat preparations
284
252
13
Fish and fish preparations
273
251
9
Dairy products and eggs
238
202
Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures thereof
176
98
Sugar, sugar preparations and honey
96
91
Miscellaneous food preparations
84
76
Machinery and transport equipment
2,238
1,604
39
Electrical machinery
1,310
922
42
Non-electric machinery
648
482
Transport equipment
280
200
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
1,711
1,366
Scientific and controlling instruments, photographic and
optical goods, watches and clocks
716
526
Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.
623
514
Clothing
231
205
Footwear
54
53
Chemicals
1,196
1,041
Plastic materials, regenerated cellulose and artificial resins Medicinal and pharmaceutical products ...
371
312
238
202
Chemical elements and compounds
207
204
Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials
159
139
+
Essential oils and perfume materials
126
107
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
1,169
1,261
Textile fibres
718
840
Crude animal and vegetable materials
222
210
Wood, lumber and cork
72
66
Crude rubber, including synthetic and reclaimed Metalliferous ores and metal scrap
38
27
37
39
Oil-seeds, oil nuts and oil kernels...
36
41
+++ ++++++++++[ [+++||
35
39
+36
21
13
1
+15
19
18
14
176
76
15
39