APPENDICES
APPENDIX 28
(Chapter 8: Primary Production)
Imports" of Crops, Livestock, Poultry and Fish
Item
Crops
Rice
Wheat
Other cereals and cereal preparations
Other field crops
Vegetables (fresh, frozen or simply preserved) Vegetables (preserved or prepared), fruit and
nuts (fresh, dried, preserved or prepared) Flowers
Sugar and honey
Coffee
Cocoa
Tea and mate
Livestock and poultry
Unit
1996
1997
1998
tonnes
370 629
348 701
323 861
tonnes
36 148
18 527
tonnes
405 484
402 722
15 842
377 999
tonnes
53 623
52 870
tonnes
335 582
319 479
50 000
386 092
tonnes
1 168 870
1 273 127
1 230 230
$ thousand
tonnes
tonnes
157,709 290 263
6 603
160,769
124,724
317 054
303 115
7 883
7 064
tonnes
679
2 278
2 321
tonnes
19 388
16 217
16 308
Cattle
heads
80 631
96 913
94 754
Sheep, lambs and goats
heads
7 209
6 694
5 801
Swine
thousand heads
2 258
2 126
2018
Chicken
tonnes
51 314
52 571
49 180
Other poultry
tonnes
15 966
15 131
tonnes
10 355
16 572
2618
18 989
tonnes
1 122 306
1 277 990
1 414 843
Live animals
Meat and meat preparations
Dairy products and eggs
Milk (fresh)
tonnes
Cream (fresh)
tonnes
58 775
1 789
55 183
1 721
55 646
1 450
Milk and cream (evaporated, condensed,
powdered, etc)
tonnes
Butter, cheese and curd
tonnes
139 062
22 028
Eggs (fresh)
thousands
1 534 989
Eggs (preserved)
thousands
196 811
148 337
19 141
1 457 288
204 066
129 396
19 721
1 470 703
206 253
Fish and fish preparations
Fish (fresh, chilled or frozen)
tonnes
150 312
106 501
124 081
Fish (dried, salted or smoked)
tonnes
17 023
17 582
16 958
Crustaceans and molluscs (fresh, frozen, dried,
salted, etc)
tonnes
104 468
80 921
86 305
Fish products and preparations
tonnes
8 929
9 362
7810
Crustacean and mollusc products and
preparations
tonnes
5 585
5 635
5 948
Oil and fats (crude or refined)
tonnes
3.700
1 441
Fish meals (animal feeding stuffs)
tonnes
15 061
8 430
173
6 139
Note: (1) For coverage of Hong Kong's external trade statistics, please refer to footnote (1) of Appendix 20.
Source: Trade Statistics Dissemination Section, Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5042)
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