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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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