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Appendix IX

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)

Principal Commodities Imported

Principal commodities imported, with quantities

quantities and values, during 1956, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:

Swine (nos.)

Poultry (lb.)

Fresh vegetables

(cwt.)

1954

Value

Quantity H.K.$

1955

Value

Quantity H.K.$

623,520 108,380,529

1956

Quantity

Value H.K.$

487,130 89,761,070

548,537 88,556,608

21,648,459 39,343,822 18,259,430 34,983,079 20,477,878 38,426,660

2,248,605 34,820,288 2,033,207 33,942,248 2,471,835 32,654,742

Eggs (gross)

Milk, tinned (lb.). 21,177,705 23,997,355 23,507,632 23,147,335 28,246,869 27,994,367

2,788,051 50,460,492 2,772,647 47,727,756 2,771,032 47,348,161

Rice (cwt.)

Flour (cwt.)

2,113,853 86,973,521

894,918 28,789,405

5,181,792 177,290,484

662,706 20,375,979

5,557,880 191,685,546

557,836 17,441,977

Beans and peas

(cwt.)

704,882 26,245,510

878,734 24,389,919

Sugar (cwt.)

896,496 23,730,626

2,398,000 72,624,921

Tea (lb.)

Tobacco (lb.)

Soyabeans (cwt.) ..

Raw cotton (cwt.).

Coal (cwt.)

Furnace fuel

oil (ton)

Cotton yarn and

thread (lb.)

Cotton piece-goods

(unbleached)

(sq. yd.)

Cotton piece-goods

(bleached) (sq. yd.)

Tung oil (cwt.)

...

Watches and watch

movements (nos.).

Artificial

2,030,310 58,430,630 1,974,345 58,248,352

14,523,208 33,170,707 16,470,763 34,848,141 14,397,354 26,321,506

12,152,530 51,509,393 11,027,529 55,116,816 12,030,650 59,089,165

820,328 33,263,374 444,817 15,518,354

1,074,166 227,550,511 785,672 164,602,069

4,092,384 16,819,299 4,925,590 18,690,034

172,736 5,911,791

1,305,086 254,266,681

8,713,210 34,805,007

533,642 51,725,815 541,177 54,432,292

699,823 81,989,905

13,133,443 44,883,763 12,972,440 38,627,883 36,542,411 103,607,275

52,639,084 43,728,123 69,602,318 55,084,146 114,221,462 98,429,327

53,769,605 81,241,545 67,886,749 98,781,721 159,732,482 205,097,287

115,388 10,911,046 109,167 12,375,846 142,907 19,612,971

2,357,044 85,146,795

2,067,655 76,498,165 3,014,099 118,695,177

textiles (sq. yd.).. 75,942,678 98,982,900 90,645,197 125,185,355 134,823,576 165,591,401

Woollen piece-

goods (sq. yd.)

Groundnut oil

6,355,365 74,746,067 9,140,393 95,093,898 8,980,237 82,628,045

(cwt.)

Plants, seeds,

167,480 18,775,508

357,403 30,649,253 332,075 33,056,340

flowers, for

medicines,

perfumery (cwt.).

Sulphate of

624,471 64,426,452 884,985 63,658,024 1,200,818 77,492,629

ammonia (cwt.) ...

6,137,839 110,540,295

2,985,992 55,055,335 1,902,537 36,129,633