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Appendix IX- Contd.

Principal Commodities Imported

Passenger road

motor vehicles, complete, other than buses or motor cycles (nos.)

1955

1956

1957

Quantity

Value H.K.$

Quantity

Value H.K.$

Quantity

Value H.K.8

3,594 30,795,935

3,381 30,959,655

4,529 42,973,575

Mild steel plates

and sheets,

uncoated (cwt.) ..

314,949 10,411,102

730,861 29,443,680

860,501 42,545,899

Bovine cattle,

including buffaloes (nos.)

79,413 40,170,625

79,802 34,568,797

83,411 39,385,276

Textile machinery and accessories

13,615,090

20,482,312

37,354,260

Gas oil, diesel fuel,

distillate stove oil (ton)

118,973 20,734,475

160,929 29,895,504

Cement (cwt.)

Tea (lb.)

Iron and steel black

plates (cwt.)

178,254 36,243,649

3,630,563 21,792,825 4,982,266 29,536,371 5,711,884 82,928,023

16,470,763 34,848,141 14,397,354 26,321,506 15,340,835 29,792,532

660,374 20,303,940 1,007,155 38,063,584 702,204 29,237,034

Appendix X

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)

Principal Commodities Exported

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

Cotton piece-goods

1955

1956

1957

Quantity

Value' H.K.$

Quantity

Value H.K.$

Value

Quantity

H.K.$

(bleached) (sq. yd.) 155,875,107 172,083,563 242,651,612 277,906,443 229,235,269 256,876,030

Outerwear, exclud-

ing rubberized

clothing

82,508,021

104,485,436

143,537,081

Cotton yarn and

thread (lb.)

36,010,964 113,588,915 45,587,119 143,443,791 42,320,340 135,704,480

Cotton piece-goods

(unbleached) (sq. yd.)

68,055,286 74,095,901 79,667,690 89,140,814 115,193,298 125,410,743

Shirts (doz.)

1,642,191 67,247,016 1,676,932 71,887,726 1,948,067 83,562,448

Enamelware

56,562,339

77,224,346

66,746,632

Gloves and mittens

of all materials

(except rubber

gloves) (doz. pair). 2,295,477 38,400,791 2,775,959 46,781,772 3,242,960 58,045,244