Appendix X-Contd.
Principal Commodities Exported
Toys and games
Plants, seeds,
flowers, for medi-
cines, perfumery,
etc. (cwt.)
383
1955
1958
1957
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Quantity
Value H.K.$
Value
Quantity
H.K.$
18,285,126
28,527,111
52,424,591
Sugar (cwt.)
Underwear and
nightwear (except cotton singlets
and shirts)
Artificial textiles
(sq. yd.)
Plates and sheets,
zinc-coated
(galvanized) (cwt.)
Electric torches
(doz.)
Raw cotton (cwt.).
Yarn and thread of
synthetic fibres and
464,066 53,503,562
536,260 58,004,103 362,421 51,879,438
995,232 33,599,463 1,199,838 41,619,204 1,111,898 51,832,064
30,349,466
35,446,729
50,833,099
27,895,175 45,873,998 75,782,112 92,061,678 88,896,769 44,657,403
36,220 2,491,578 813,004 56,866,884 544,194 42,428,658
3,538,217 49,514,099 3,640,187 49,712,619 3,042,078 41,959,634
78,976 18,137,949 312,513 60,104,333 201,077 41,271,820
spun glass (lb.)... 24,120,923 69,019,473 24,437,360 66,379,770 12,418,149 39,737,145
Bed linen, table
linen and kitchen linen
18,907,457
28,148,836
38,426,488
1,319,383 16,507,330 1,980,110 40,210,513
Cotton singlets
(doz.)
Footwear, wholly or
chiefly of textile
materials with rubber soles
(doz. pair) .....
Iron and steel scrap (cwt.)
3,933,788 60,110,100 4,872,261 76,980,160 2,335,740 36,968,781
1,230,486 88,977,797 1,237,096 39,451,658 1,206,290 36,069,088
Antibiotics
Copper scrap (cwt.)
5,820,017
27,832 6,160,544
7,853,776
28,688 7,595,742
1,462,664 32,421,404
29,667,029
127,261 28,384,266
Medicinal and
pharmaceutical
products (Chinese
type)
22,448,620
Tung oil (cwt.)
77,463 10,979,232
24,368,083
129,874 19,260,468
25,894,615
207,855 25,687,230
Furniture of
vegetable plaiting materials (bamboo, straw, willow, etc.).
20,496,091
22,360,128
25,120,671
Brass and bronze
scrap (cwt.)
Iron and steel bars and rounds (cwt.).
27,682 4,485,409
75,310 13,372,860
182,941 24,425,105
331,344 10,594,445
684,445 30,224,043
488,622 21,550,813
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