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Appendix IX

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)

Principal Commodities Imported

Principal commodities imported, with quantities and values, during 1957, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:

1955

1956

1957

Quantity

Value H.K.$

Quantity

Value H.K.S

Quantity

Value H.K.$

Raw cotton (cwt.).

785,672 164,602,069

1,305,086 254,266,681 1,385,706 257,435,957

Cotton piece-goods

(bleached) (sq. yd.)

Rice (cwt.)

Watches and watch

movements (nos.).

Artificial textiles

(sq. yd.)

Woollen piece-goods

(sq. yd.)

Cotton piece-goods

(unbleached) (sq. yd.)

Furnace fuel oil

(ton)

Cotton yarn and

thread (lb.)

Diamonds, cut and

polished

Swine (nos.)

Plants, seeds,

flowers, for medi- cines, perfumery, etc. (cwt.)

Sugar (cwt.)

Iron and steel bars

and rounds (cwt.).

Yarn and thread

of synthetic fibres and spun glass (lb.)

Bed linen, table

67,886,749 98,781,721 159,732,482 205,097,287 162,652,603 214,970,756

5,181,792 177,290,484 5,557,880 191,685,546 6,162,008 214,047,979

2,067,655 76,498,165

=

3,014,099 118,695,177 4,021,629 174,946,571

90,645,197 125,185,355 134,823,576 165,591,401 112,831,147 143,758,152

9,140,393 95,093,898 8,980,237 82,628,045 11,008,102 102,849,207

69,602,318 55,084,146 114,221,462 98,429,327 118,182,462 100,100,368

541,177 54,432,292 699,823 81,989,905

725,464 100,065,004

=

12,972,440 38,627,883 36,542,411 103,607,275 39,360,993_97,068,344

60,741,781

623,520 108,380,529

85,012,658

548,537 88,556,608

93,619,811

543,127 92,370,005

510,267 63,658,024

63,658,024 602,047 77,492,629

467,192 84,972,762

2,138,481 81,326,755

1,974,345 58,248,352 2,398,000 72,624,921

465,266 13,655,355 895,768 32,864,108 1,911,870 79,082,546

24,229,027 62,545,188 24,007,957 67,721,392 15,448,013 57,387,472

linen and kitchen linen

26,086,354

39,047,723

52,690,693

Cigarettes (lb.)... 4,046,569 36,457,546 3,925,699 36,615,009 4,642,353 47,070,440

Plates and sheets,

zinc-coated

(galvanized) (cwt.)

84,129 5,037,681 865,410 59,449,719 595,671 45,653,717

Poultry, live (lb.). 18,259,430 34,983,079 20,477,878 38,426,660 27,455,071 44,906,818

Fresh vegetables

(cwt.)

2,083,207 33,942,248 2,471,835 32,654,742 3,398,343 44,859,946