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APPENDICES

Eggs

Gross

Cuttle fish Cwt.

Flour

Cwt.

Beans, peas.. Cwt.

Fresh

Vegetables Cwt.

Sugar

Tea

H.K.$

748,447 16,900,751 180,065 21,592,852 323,539 15,911,655

1,365,069 56,142,773

Appendix IX (See page 49)

Principal Commodities Exported

Principal commodities exported, with quantities and values, during 1954, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:

1952

1953

1954

Unit Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value

H.K.$

463,996 10,750,853

26,570 4,522,173 170,495 5,664,134 531,968 23,764,532

H.K.$

815,419 18,194,268

49,986 6,515,782 140,432 6,174,692

1,337,132 45,967,663

Cwt.

Soya Beans .. Cwt.

Sesamum seed Cwt.

559,639 23,919,256

863,012 39,352,285

Lb. 12,427,967 33,826,343

405,785 17,855,268

417,625 24,188,973

400,442 14,421,575

2,780,095 96,716,116

8,680,812 24,885,854

540,283 22,057,732

466,590 25,638,855

Tung oil

Cwt.

294,722 50,979,293

257,789 33,238,838

612,957 22,828,654

1,090,397 36,743,199

9,543,986 25,744,790

408,716 17,705,520

217,562 18,023,786

86,304 8,937,949

Coal-tar

dyestuffs

Cwt.

38,644 34,414,779

66,672 61,181,230

83,238 99,866,136

Cotton yarn

and thread.. Lb.

36,433,640 159,937,070 35,118,077 114,413,678 32,348,506 102,608,472

Cotton piece-

goods (un-

Cotton piece-

goods

bleached). Sq. Yd. 38,904,191 54,846,717 36,974,999 38,267,488 43,630,693 46,000,873

(bleached). Sq. Yd. 126,076,848 184,574,948 143,276,939 174,828,561 138,560,816 160,977,855

Enamelware ..

Textile

machinery ...

65,116,266

23,646,051

46,468,246

14,472,856

61,437,309

8,961,648

Electric

torches

Doz. 1,973,987 40,060,995 2,347,186 35,933,549 3,033,383 45,264,319

Watches

and watch

movements .. No.

Bristles

Feathers

Lb.

Lb.

678,732 33,693,585

1,465,661 35,164,898

3,984,731 30,195,207

751,762 32,548,411

771,462 13,090,537

3,673,210 11,649,428

206,904 6,942,993

1,121,941 19,804,245

6,458,746 18,873,321

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Plants, seeds

flowers, for

medicines,

perfumery

Cwt.

276,390 55,402,072

Sulphate of

Ammonia Cwt.

Artificial

2,867,825 94,827,676

303,630 50,771,056 480,493 53,973,310

2,752,128 52,073,556 5,876,975 109,405,473

Textiles Sq. Yd. 18,806,015 29,947,462

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9,564,207 15,871,306 23,993,777 35,866,053

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