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
Unit
1997
1998
1999
tonnes
348 701
323 861
327 818
tonnes
18 527
15 842
11 687
tonnes
402 722
377 999
396 710
tonnes
52 870
50 000
tonnes
319 479
386 092
50 633 537 000
tonnes
1 273 127
1 230 230
1 182 992
$ thousand
160,769
tonnes
317 054
124,724
303 115
tonnes
7 883
7 064
129,993
227 350
6933
tonnes
2 278
2 321
2 381
tonnes
16 217
16 308
15 769
Cocoa
Tea and mate
Livestock and poultry
Cattle
heads
96 913
94 754
61 213
Sheep, lambs and goats
heads
6 694
5 801
4 327
Swine
thousand heads
2 126
2018
1 857
Chicken
tonnes
52 571
49 180
51 811
Other poultry
tonnes
15 131
2618
5 222
Live animals
tonnes
16 572
18 989
21 858
Meat and meat preparations
tonnes
1 277 990
1 414 843
1 686 529
Dairy products and eggs
Milk (fresh)
tonnes
55 183
Cream (fresh)
tonnes
1 721
55 646
1 450
56 152
2 664
Milk and cream (evaporated, condensed,
powdered, etc)
tonnes
148 337
Butter, cheese and curd
tonnes
19 141
Eggs (fresh)
thousands
1 457 288
Eggs (preserved)
thousands
204 066
129 396
19 721
1 470 703
206 253
112 864
20 565
1 475 484
180 028
Fish and fish preparations
Fish (fresh, chilled or frozen)
tonnes
106 501
124 081
115 977
Fish (dried, salted or smoked)
tonnes
17 582
16 958
18 462
Crustaceans and molluscs (fresh, frozen, dried,
salted, etc)
tonnes
80 921
86 305
94 670
Fish products and preparations
tonnes
9 362
7810
7 963
Crustaceans and molluscs products and
preparations
tonnes
5 635
5 948
6 181
Oil and fats (crude or refined)
tonnes
1 441
173
107
Fish meals (animal feeding stuffs)
tonnes
8 430
6139
7 622
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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