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Appendix 4
(Chapter 3: Industry and Trade)
Hong Kong's External Trade by SITC (Rev. 2) Commodity Section/Division
Imports
$ Million
Section/division
1977
1978
1979
Food and live animals chiefly for food
Live animals chiefly for food
1,237
1,283
1,332
Meat and meat preparations
896
1,018
1,186
Fish, crustacea and molluscs and preparations thereof
987
1,178
1,533
Cereals and cereal preparations
967
1,104
1,304
Vegetables and fruit
1,626
2,004
2,397
Others
1,522
1,621
1,894
Sub-total
7,234
8,207
9,646
Beverages and tobacco
Beverages
= 410
542
767
Others
326
447
586
Sub-total
736
989
1,353
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
Cork and wood
210
274
493
Textile fibres (other than wool tops) and their wastes
(not manufactured into yarn or fabrics)
1,675
1,815
1,929
Crude animal and vegetable materials, nes
1,063
1,253
1,378
Others
308
415
513
Sub-total
3,256
3,756
4,312
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials Others
2,907
3,029
4,759
89
94
147
Sub-total
2,995
3,122
4,906
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
Fixed vegetable oils and fats
247
275
345
Others
Sub-total
4
4
11
251
279
355
Chemicals and related products, ne s
Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials
598
727
903
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
623
726
967
Artificial resins and plastic materials, and cellulose esters and ethers Others
1,042
1,325
2,294
1,378
1,829
2,656
Sub-total
3,641
4,606
6,819
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
Paper, paperboard, and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n e s and related products Non-metallic mineral manufactures, ne s
995
1,349
1,767
6,608
8,681
11,863
3,283
5,425
5,739
Iron and steel
1,369
2,018
2,884
Others
2,357
3,025
4,678
Sub-total
14,612
20,498
Machinery and transport equipment
心
26,931
Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing
apparatus and equipment
1,513
2,057
3,257
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, nes, and electrical parts thereof Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
2,990
3,896
5,821
971
1,425
1,982
Others
4,067
5,089
7,549
Sub-total
9,541
12,467
18,609
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
954
1,299
1,980
Professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus, n e s Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods,
nes; watches and clocks
212
242
386
3,027
4,300
5,765
Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n e s
1,545
2,154
3,048
Others
619
889
1,345
Sub-total
6,356
8,884
12,525
Commodities and transactions not classified according to kind
78
247
379
Total merchandise
48,701
63,056
85,837
Gold and specie
Grand total
626
49,327
1,679
4,720
64,734
90,557
Note: ne s not elsewhere specified.