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Appendix X

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)

Principal Commodities Exported

Principal commodities exported, with quantities and values, during 1958, and comparative figures for the two preceding years:

1956

1957

1958

Quantity

Value HK$

Quantity

Value HK$

Value

Quantity

HK$

Outerwear, excluding

rubberized clothing

104,485,436

143,537,081

214,134,632

Cotton piece-goods

(bleached) (sq. yd.).. 242,651,612 277,906,443 229,235,269 256,876,030 205,045,179 200,517,628

Cotton piece-goods

(unbleached) (sq. yd.) 79,667,690 89,140,814 115,193,298 125,410,743 162,464,506 158,441,478 Cotton yarn and thread

(lb.)

Shirts (doz.)

Underwear and night-

wear (except cotton

singlets and shirts)

Enamelware

Toys and games

Footwear, wholly or

chiefly of textile

45,587,119 143,443,791 1,676,932 71,887,726

35,446,729

77,224,346

28,527,111

42,320,340 135,704,480 39,818,627 119,810,804 1,948,067 83,562,448 1,871,439 81,365,516

50,833,099

66,746,632

52,424,591

75,890,597

68,980,669

65,168,571

materials with rubber

soles (doz. pair)

1,237,096 39,451,658

1,206,290 36,069,088

1,832,742 56,191,694

Gloves and mittens of

all materials (except rubber gloves) (doz. pair)

Plants, seeds, flowers,

2,775,959 46,781,772

3,242,960 58,045,244

2,871,418 52,361,005

for medicines,

perfumery, etc. (cwt.)

536,260 58,004,103

362,421 51,879,438

Sugar. (cwt.)

1,199,838 41,619,204 1,111,898 51,832,064

297,454 49,477,898 1,145,299 41,484,651

28,148,836 7,853,776

Bed linen, table linen

and kitchen linen Antibiotics

Electric torches (doz.).. Cotton singlets (doz.).. ~Artificial textiles

(sq. yd.)

Furniture of vegetable

plaiting materials

(bamboo, straw,

3,640,187 49,712,619 3,042,073 41,959,634 4,872,261 76,980,160 2,335,740 36,968,781 1,964,271 31,849,939

75,782,112 92,061,678 38,896,769 44,657,403 22,998,220 28,731,047

38.426,488

29,667,029

35,534,055

33,758,141

2,448,934 32,837,755

willow, etc.)

22,360,128

25,120,671

23,137,176

Iron and steel scrap

(cwt.)

1,980,110 40,210,513 1,462,664 32,421,404

2,030,345 22,997,519

24,368,083

25,894,615

18,623,954

Medicinal and phar-

maceutical products (Chinese type)

Yarn and thread of synthetic fibres and spun glass (Ib.)

Iron and steel bars and

rounds (cwt.)

24,437,360 66,379,770 12,418,149 39.737,145 4,285,957 18,190,687

684,445 30,224,043 488,622 21,550,813 643,404 17,729,363

Brass and bronze scrap

(cwt.)

75,310 13,372,860

Tung oil (cwt.)

129,874 19,260,468

132,941 24,425,105 207,855 25,687,230

91,243 12,005,751 125,073 10,343,644

Plates and sheets, zinc

coated (galvanized) (cwt.)

813,004 56,866,884

Raw cotton (cwt.)

Copper scrap (cwt.)

312,513 60,104,333 28,688 7,595,742

544,194 42,428,658 201,077 41,271,820 127,261 28,384,266

71,261 4,225,409

6,588 5,047

993,816

640,237