Appendix 4
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(Chapter 4: Industry and Trade)
Hong Kong's External Trade by SITC (Rev. 2) Commodity Section/Division
Imports
$ Million
Section/division
1982
1983
1984
Food and live animals chiefly for food
Live animals chiefly for food
Meat and meat preparations
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs and preparations thereof
Cereals and cereal preparations
Vegetables and fruit
Others
2,097
2,216
2,458
2.024
2,555
2,687
2,767
3,131
3,375
1,874
2,249
2,157
4.158
4,860
4,943
3,253
3,899
4,514
Sub-total
16,172
18,911
20,134
Beverages and tobacco
=
Beverages
1,059
1,217
1,394
Tobacco and tobacco manufactures
1.268
1,455
1,847
Sub-total
2,327
2,672
3,241
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
Hides, skins and furskins, raw
244
322
740
Textile fibres (other than wool tops) and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabrics) Crude animal and vegetable materials, n e s
1,900
2,725
4,181
2,034
2,813
2,834
Others
1,403
1,485
1,556
Sub-total
5,581
7,345
9,310
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
10,609
10,100
10,323
Others
869
1,558
1,941
Sub-total
11,477
11,657
12,263
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
Fixed vegetable oils and fats
389
550
654
Others
47
46
34
Sub-total
436
596
688
Chemicals and related products, ne s
Organic chemicals
1,079
1,592-
1,946
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
1,378
1,691
1,829
Artificial resins and plastic materials, and cellulose esters and ethers
2,660
3,928
4,961
Others
fr
4,369
5,731
6,786
Sub-total
9,486
12,942
15,523
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n e s and related products Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n e s
Iron and steel
Manufactures of metal, n es
18,180
24,045
32,802
7,119
7,453
8,469
4,035
4,334
5,604
3,125
4,451
4,737
Others
7,275
9,216
12,232
Sub-total
39,734
49,500
63,844
Machinery and transport equipment
Office machines and automatic data processing equipment
2,743
3,938
7,431,
Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, ǹ e s and electrical parts thereof Others
4,899
6,408
10,581
10,442
16,272
22,590
13,945
12,806
17,139
Sub-total
32,029
39,424
57,741
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Travel goods, handbags and similar containers
827
1,117
1,828
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
6,464
8,446
11,509
Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n e s; watches and clocks Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n e s
8,368
10,886
11,907
6,298
7,467
9,895
Others
3,022
3,868
4,576
Sub-total
24,978
31,783
39,715
Commodities and transactions not classified according to kind
671
612
909
Total merchandise
142,893
175,442
223,370
Gold and specie
Grand total
Note: ne s=not elsewhere specified.
8,193
151,086
3,273 178,716
15,871
239,241
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