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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

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.

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