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APPENDICES

Swine

Poultry

No.

Lb.

*

Fresh

Vegetables

Cwt.

Milk, tinned

Lb.

Ex

Appendix VIII (See page 44)

Principal Commodities Imported

Principal commodities imported, with quantities and values, during 1953, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:

1951

1952

1953

Unit Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value

H.K.$

H.K.S

H.K.$

299,523 37,471,930 620,201 97,267,867 400,871 69,722,385

16,114,694 19,715,324 36,842,165 20,915,339 34,262,288

2,077,947 50,777,381 2,032,590 40,575,939 1,894,285 24,593,547

41,031,050 23,918,253 28,175,836 27,606,817 33,458,849

Eggs

Gross

Rice

Cwt.

3,075,016 53,743,789

3,645,195 162,497,883

2,924,788 51,733,561

4,659,052 217,983,592

3,072,995 56,739.668

6,139,121 318,907,436

Flour

Cwt.

Beans & Peas ..

Cwt.

950,634 35,497,466

1,101,069 43,636,147

929,129 40,134,815

1,520,783 55,063,527

Sugar

Cwt.

1,710,130 84,464,285

1,443,519 54,705,405

719,784 28,991,303

1,645,160 53,083,124

3,314,424 107,461,653

Tea

Lb.

16,489,932 28,633,260 16,203,125 32,433,205 12,996,221 28,188,813

Tobacco

Lb.

32,552,611 83,390,196

9,920,644 55,222,583 11,941,454 58,091,058

Soya Beans

Cwt.

Raw Cotton

Cwt.

Coal

Cwt.

538,193 27,711,240

616,049 232,126,974

5,552,460 29,264,288

650,492 31,545,797

571,746 169,310,469

6,111,887 33,118,747

246,754 10,139,372

753,353 155,192,471

4,137,662 18,441,606

Furnace Fuel

oils

Ton

495,070 73,944,114

Cotton yarn

and thread

Lb.

447,896 45,265,670

16,837,212 77,312,188 27,473,922 114,926,501 10,892,176 41,246,012

326,149 43,956,040

Cotton piece-

goods

(unbleached) .. Sq. Yd. 29,765,391 40,910,014 39,484,977 51,177,763 33,232,302 33,005,499 Cotton piece-

goods (bleached)

Tung Oil

Cwt.

Sq. Yd. 66,679,477 125,145,153 51,379,722 84,724,799 68,112,700 92,464,661 476,722 84,816,688 321,105 59,108,283 265,945 33,126,517

Watches

and Watch

movements

No.

Artificial

textiles

87,791,875 1,969,920 90,078.748 2,734,272 96,384,121

Sq. Yd. 55,722,820 118,782,441 51,821,413 83,679,001 55,420,371 80,886,061

Woollen

piecegoods

Groundnut oil.

Sq. Yd. 2,080,350 43.999,258 Cwt. 204,559 33,217,890

2,184,605 37,079,088 334,227 37,445.732

2,024,588 31,456,171 329,778 38,186,463

Plants, seeds

flowers, for

medicines,

perfumery

Cwt.

*

77,935,507 342,412 47,497,841

475,475 59,826,228

Sulphate of

Ammonia

Cwt.

**

3,131,888 87,497,066

2,163,695 40,821,277

* not available.

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