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Appendix 16
(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)
Hong Kong's External Trade by SITC (Rev. 2) Commodity Section/Division
Imports
$ Million
Section/division
1985
1986
1987
Food and live animals chiefly for food
Live animals chiefly for food
2,355
2,250
2,254
Meat and meat preparations
2,535
2,675
2,952
Fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and preparations thereof
3,629
4,797
6,121
Cereals and cereal preparations
2,066
2,023
1,995
Vegetables and fruit
4,976
5,768
6,449
Others
4,403
4,968
5,759
Sub-total
19,965
22,481
Beverages and tobacco
Beverages
1,368
1,652
Tobacco and tobacco manufactures
2,485
2,292
Sub-total
3,852
3,944
Crude materials, inedible, except fuels
Hides, skins and furskins, raw
809
1,284
Textile fibres (other than wool tops) and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric) Crude animal and vegetable materials, ne s
3,679
3,444
2,563
3,045
Others"
1,940
2,091
Sub-total*
8,991
9,865
Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
8,685
6,700
Others
2,141
2,160
Sub-total
10,826
8,860
Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes
Fixed vegetable oils and fats
697
622
Others
34
62
Sub-total =
731
684
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2,254
9,472
638
34
672
Chemicals and related products, n e s
Organic chemicals
1,936
2,745
4,045
Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials
1,941
3,016
3,659
Artificial resins and plastic materials, and cellulose esters and ethers Others*
4,859
6,454
10,921
7,500
9,010
12,055
Sub-total*
16,236
21,226
30,679
Manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials
Paper, paperboard, and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard
4,394
5,727
7,811
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n è s and related products
33,661
42,585
57,316
Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n es
8,429
11,451
15,193
Iron and steel
6,072
6,865
7,939
Others
12,065
13,613
19,283
Sub-total
64,621
80,241
107,542
Machinery and transport equipment
Office machines and automatic data processing equipment
7,325
6,645
9,642
Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n e s, and electrical parts thereof Others
12,130
13,870
21,713
19,094
23,642
35,046
20,879
22,090
31,784
Sub-total
59,427
66,247
98,184
Miscellaneous manufactured articles
Travel goods, handbags and similar containers
2,315
3,533
5,912
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories
13,071
19,701
26,031
Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n e s; watches and clocks Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n es
13,255
16,360
20,783
11,105
14,714
21,323
Others
5,653
6,569
9,492
Sub-total
45,400
60,876
83,541
Commodities and transactions not classified according to kind
1,370
1,533
2,061
Total merchandise
231,420
275,955
377,948
Gold and specie
13,437
4,993
18,648
Grand total
244,857
280,948
396,596
Notes: nes-not elsewhere specified.
* As there was a reclassification of commodities in 1987, figures for 1985 and 1986 have been revised according to the new classification to
permit comparison.