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Appendix 4
(Chapter 2: Industry and Trade)
Hong Kong's External Trade by SITC (Rev. 2) Commodity Section/Division
Imports
$ Million
Section division
1978
1979
1980
Food and live animals chiefly for food
Live animals chiefly for food
1,283
1,332
1,635
Meat and meat preparations
1,018
1,186
1,475
Fish, crustacea and molluscs and preparations thereof
1,178
1,533
1,776
Cereals and cereal preparations
1,104
1,304
1,556
Vegetables and fruit
2,004
2,397
2,843
Others
1,621
1,894
2,273
Sub-total
8,207
9,646
11,558
Beverages and tobacco
Beverages
542
767
841
Others
447
586
743
Sub-total
989
1,353
1,583
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
Cork and wood
274
493
504
Textile fibres (other than wool tops) and their wastes
(not manufactured into yarn or fabrics)
1,815
1,929
2,371
Crude animal and vegetable materials, nes
1,253
1,378
1,671
Others
415
513
721
Sub-total
3,756
4,312
5,267
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
3,029
4,759
Others
94
147
7,642 240
Sub-total
3,122
4.906
7,882
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes Fixed vegetable oils and fats
275
345
368
Others
Sub-total
4
11
8
279
355
376
Chemicals and related products, ne s
Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials
727
903
960
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
726
967
1,064
Artificial resins and plastic materials, and cellulose esters and ethers Others
1,325
2,294
2,605
1,829
2,656
3,305
Sub-total
4,606
6,819
7,934
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n e s, and related products Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n es
8,681
11,863
14,895
5,425
5,739
6,963
Iron and steel
2,018
2,884
3,426
Manufactures of metal, nes
928
1,539
2,272
Others
3,446
4,906
6,164
Sub-total
20,498
26,931
33,720
Machinery and transport equipment
Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and
equipment
2,057
3,257
4,471
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n e s, and electrical parts thereof Road vehicles (including air-cushion vehicles)
3,896
5,821
7,526
1,425
1,982
3,311
Others
5,089
7,549
9,825
Sub-total
12,467
18,609
25,133
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
1,299
1,980
3,467
Footwear
224
395
631
Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, nes;
watches and clocks
4,300
5,765
7,647
Miscellaneous manufactured articles, nes
2,154
3,048
4,174
Others
907
1,336
1,708
Sub-total
8,884
12,525
17,628
Commodities and transactions not classified according to kind
247
379
569
Total merchandise
63,056
85,837
111,651
Gold and specie
1,679
4,720
Grand total
64,734
90,557
2,991
114,641
Note: nes not elsewhere specified.