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Appendix VII

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade) Direction of Trade- Imports

The principal countries from which goods were imported into Hong Kong are shown below, with total values for the past three years:

1957

1958

1956 HK$

HK$

HK$

China ..

Japan

United Kingdom

U. S. A.

1,038,314,454

1,131,102,451

1,396,915,730

810,602,788

763,372,977

596,992,986

513,333,600 667,279,421

530,889,629

423,806,512

539,043,092

439,559,587

Thailand

Germany (Western)

Switzerland

185,362,677

191,787,225

160,287,706

118,982,636

159,266,421 135,154,017

+

131,650,766

193,038,501 130,973,836

Australia

+

100,274,169

112,959,941

112,769,089

Malaya

Indonesia

Netherlands..

India ..

·

152,260,931

101,687,490

102,837,009

58,875,228

126,248,493

94,681,076

77,866,515 E 86,189,924

75,952,407

•

51,029,928

89,054,459

65,820,919

East Africa, British

55,620,548

67,352,924

65,653,228

Belgium

109,298,679

117,627,719

60,082,472

Italy

40,479,653

63,478,719

55,314,549

Cambodia

53,346,697

50,037,272

Taiwan

50,516,946

71,728,898

49,839,100

South Africa

32,008,004

55,609,132

48,248,033

Canada

46,335,227

51,362,478

42,958,937

Pakistan

98,049,901

92,003,220

33,396,776

Other Countries

471,525,969

415,914,735

345,369,274

Total..

4,566,195,131 5,149,454,917 4,593,733,632

Appendix VIII

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)

Direction of Trade-Exports

The principal markets for the Colony's exports during the past three years were as follows:

United Kingdom

Malaya

U. S. A. Thailand Indonesia China

· •

Japan Australia

+

•

1956 HK$

1957. HK$

1958

HK$

298,371,070

336,749,032

393.241,465

·

372,774,225

372,683,321

382,233,325

· •

+

1

116,570,563 198,181,851

326,353,470

319,639,045

188,159,486

217,009,924

501,428,419

312,495,759

210,753,637

135,971,366

123,351,977 155,763,132

+ •

317,964,070

228,261,201

120,159,870

55,018,664

65,520,739

75,940,565

36,605,759

42,025,424

64,647,825

47,482,890

60,603,212

61,715,594

57,706,599

66,380,683

57,805,218

47,034,157

72,813,345

55,727,750

125,182,160

71,366,430

52,807,645

29,291,189

41,110,898

51,161,926

748,574,252

836,568,868

763,480,366

Germany (Western)

Taiwan

Macau

Philippines

South Korea

Canada

Other Countries

·

Total ..

3,209,614,428 3,016,272,226 2,988,801,712