460
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 29
(Chapter 8: Primary Production)
Estimated Local Production of Crops, Livestock, Poultry and Fish
Item
Unit
1996
1997
1998
Crops
Vegetables (fresh, frozen or simply preserved)
tonnes
76 000
64 000
59 500
Fresh fruit and nuts
tonnes
5 230
Flowers
$ thousand
186,800
4 611 175,924
Other field crops
(1)
tonnes
660
799
3 873 283,780 1 120
Livestock and poultry
Cattle
heads
270
51
101
Swine
(2)
thousand heads
288
306
355
Chicken
tonnes
17 040
14 590
3 720
Other poultry
tonnes
1 880
1 800
2 170
Dairy products and eggs
Milk (fresh)
Eggs (fresh)
tonnes
thousands
439 30 600
215 33 450
246 3.550
Fish and fish preparations
Fish (fresh, chilled or frozen)
Marine fish (3)
tonnes
Freshwater fish
tonnes
147 600 5 100
147 280 5.000
148 610 4 900
Fish (dried, salted or smoked)
Marine fish
tonnes
490
220
230
Crustaceans and molluscs (fresh, frozen, dried,
salted, etc)
tonnes
21 940
23 020
15 990
Fish products and preparations
tonnes
100
20
180
Crustacean and mollusc products and preparations tonnes
140
20
10
Fish meals (animal feeding stuffs)
tonnes
13 680
18 470
16 230
Notes: (1) Other field crops include yam, millet, peanut, sugar cane and sweet potato.
(2) Include local swine not slaughtered in abattoirs.
(3) Include cultured marine fish.
Source: Agriculture and Fisheries Department.
(For enquiries, please call Census and Statistics Department. Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 4068)
APPENDIX 30
(Chapter 8: Primary Production)
Imports" of Ores and Minerals
Item
Quartz
Feldspar
Graphite
Kaolin/feldspar sand
Tonnes
1996
1997
1998
2.995 59 694
875 32 169
966
23 657
298
117
43
212 902
207 817
158 665
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)