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Appendix 12
(Chapter 5: Industry and Trade)
Hong Kong's External Trade by SITC (Rev. 2) Commodity Section/Division
Imports
$ Million
Section/division
1984
1985
1986
Food and live animals chiefly for food
Live animals chiefly for food
2,458
2,355
2,250
Meat and meat preparations
2,687
2,535
2,675
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and preparations thereof
3,375
3,629
4,797
Cereals and cereal preparations
2,157
2,066
2,023
Vegetables and fruit
4,943
4,976
5,768
Others
4,514
4,403
4,968
Sub-total
20,134
19,965
22,481
"Beverages and tobacco
Beverages
1,394
1,368
1,652
Tobacco and tobacco manufactures
1,847
2,485
2,292
Sub-total
3,241
3,852
3,944
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
Hides, skins and furskins, raw
740
809
1,284
Textile fibres (other than wool tops) and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric) Crude animal and vegetable materials, n e s
4,181
3,679
3,444
2,834
2,563
3,045
Others
1,556
1,939
2,090
Sub-total
9,310
8,990
9,863
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
10,323
8,685
6,700
Others
1,941
2,141
2,160
Sub-total
12,263
10,826
8,860
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
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Fixed vegetable oils and fats
Others-
Sub-total-
654
697
622
34
34
62
688
731
684
Chemicals and related products, ne s
Organic chemicals
1,946
1,936
2,745
Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials
1,740
1,941
3,016
*Artificial resins and plastic materials, and cellulose esters and ethers
Others
4,961
4,859
6,454
6,876
7,500
9,011
Sub-total
15,523
16,236
21,227
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials
*Paper, paperboard, and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
4,444
4,394
5,727
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n e s and related products
32,802
33,661
42,585
Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n e s
8,469
8,429
11,451
Iron and steel
5,604
6,072
6,865
Others
12,526
12,065
13,613
Sub-total
63,844
64,621
80,241
Machinery and transport equipment
Office machines and automatic data processing equipment
7,431
7,325
6,645
*Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n e s, and electrical parts thereof Others
10,581
12,130
13,870
22,590
19,094
23,642
17,139
20,879
22,090
Sub-total
$7,741
59,427
66,247
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Travel goods, handbags and similar containers
1,828
2,315
3,533
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
11,509
13,071
19,701
*Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n e s; watches and clocks
11,907
13,255
16,360
*Miscellaneous manufactured articles, nes
9,895
11,105
14,714
Others
4,576
5,653
6,569
Sub-total
39,715
45,400
60,876
Commodities and transactions not classified according to kind
909
1,370
1,533
Total merchandise
223,370
231,420
275,955
*Gold and specie
Grand total
15,871 239,241
13,437
4,993
244,857
280,948
Notes:
ne s not elsewhere specified.
* As there was a reclassification of commodities in 1986, figures for 1985 (but not those for 1984) have been revised according to the new
classification to permit comparison.