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Appendix 4

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(Chapter 2: Industry and Trade)

Hong Kong's External Trade by SITC Commodity Section/Division

Imports

Section/division

Food

Live animals

Meat and meat preparations

Fish and fish preparations

Cereals and cereal preparations Fruit and vegetables

Others

Sub-total

Beverages and tobacco

Beverages

1975

1976

$ Million 1977

1 149

675

1 201 837

1 232

896

662

880

987

1 087

1 010

967

1 267

1 387

1 626

1273

1 371

1 521

6 113

6 687

7230

318

368

Others

265

365

Sub-total

583

733

ཙི།ཊྛཾ

410

326

736

Crude materials, inedible, excluding fuels

Wood, lumber and cork

123

190

210

Textile fibres and their waste

1 523

1976

1 738

Crude animal and vegetable materials, n e s Others

616

818

1 063

239

343

311

Sub-total

2 500

3 328

3 322

Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials

Petroleum and petroleum products

2048

2 589

Others

Sub-total

Animal and vegetable oils and fats

Fixed vegetable oils and fats

Others

Sub-total

77

92

2907 89

2126

2 680

2 995

210

212

247

3

4

4

213

217

251

Chemicals

Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials

477

708

598

Medicinal and pharmaceutical products

412

514

623

Plastic materials, regenerated cellulose and artificial resins Others

702

1011

1 042

905

1 187

1 370

Sub-total

2 496

3 419

3 633

Manufactured goods classified chiefly by material

Paper, paperboard and manufactures thereof

710

975

Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n e s

4 792

6 632

995 6 539

2 186

2673

3 283

Iron and steel

713

1 143

Others

1 427

1944

1 369 2280

Sub-total

Machinery and transport equipment

Machinery, other than electric

9 828

13 367

14 466

2015

2606

2 859

Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances Others

2 885

4 341

5 023

743

754

1 448

Sub-total

5 643

7701

9 331

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Clothing

518

710

954

Professional, scientific and controlling instruments;

photographic and optical goods; watches and clocks Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n es

1 828

2 353

3 159

1 168

1 537

1 890

Others

379

474

652

Sub-total

3 892

5 075

6 655

Commodities and transactions not classified according to kind

Total merchandise

78

33.472

Transactions in gold and current coin

Grand total

548

2 284

34 020

45 577

86

43 293

82

48 701

626

49 327