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Appendix 16a

(Chapter 6: Industry and Trade)

Hong Kong's External Trade Analysed by Standard International Trade Classification Revision 2 (SITC Rev. 2)

Imports

Section/division

$ Million

1986

1987

1988

Food and live animals chiefly for food

Live animals chiefly for food

2,250

2,254

2,351

Meat and meat preparations

2,675

2,952

3,473

Fish, crustaceans and molluscs, and preparations thereof

4,797

6,121

7,920

Cereals and cereal preparations

2,023

1,995

2,300

Vegetables and fruit

5,768

6.449

8,046

Others

4,968

5,759

7,212

Sub-total

22,481

25,530

31,303

Beverages and tobacco

Beverages

1,652

2,355

2,630

Tobacco and tobacco manufactures

2,292

3,105

5,022

Sub-total

3,944

5,460

7,652

Crude materials, inedible, except fuels

Hides, skins and furskins, raw

1,284

2,407

2,156

Textile fibres (other than wool tops) and their wastes (not manufactured into yarn or fabric) Crude animal and vegetable materials, n e s

3.444

5,522

6,234

3,045

4,343

4,968

Others

2,091

2,534

3,684

Sub-total

9,865

14,806

17,042

Mineral fuels, lubricants and related materials

Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials

6,700

7,218

7,000

Others

2,160

2,254

2,520

Sub-total

8,860

9,472

9,520

Animal and vegetable oils, fats and waxes

Fixed vegetable oils and fats

Others

Sub-total

622

638

759

62

34

27

684

672

786

Chemicals and related products, ne s

Organic chemicals

2,745

4,045

5,138

Dyeing, tanning and colouring materials

3,016

3,659

4,441

Artificial resins and plastic materials, and cellulose esters and ethers Others

6,454

10,921

20,130

9,010

12,055

14,950

Sub-total

21,226

30,679

44,659

Manufactured goods classified chiefly by materials

Paper, paperboard, and articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard

5,727

7,811

9,942

Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles, n e s and related products

42,585

57,316

62,969

Non-metallic mineral manufactures, n es

11,451

15,193

20,180

Iron and steel

6,865

7,939

12,139

Others

13,613

19,283

26,530

Sub-total

80,241

107,542

131,760

Machinery and transport equipment

Office machines and automatic data processing equipment

6,645

9,642

14,393

Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n e s, and electrical parts thereof Others

13,870

21,713

32,871

23,642

35,046

52,575

22,090

31,784

43,846

Sub-total

66,247

98,184

143,685

Miscellaneous manufactured articles

Travel goods, handbags and similar containers

3,533

5,912

8,459

Articles of apparel and clothing accessories

19,701

26,031

32,022

Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies and optical goods, n e s; watches and clocks Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n es

16,360

20,783

27,467

14,713*

21,323

28,747

Others

6,569

9,492

13,318

Sub-total

60,876

83,541

110,013

Commodities and transactions not classified according to kind

1,533

2,061

2,380

Total merchandise

275,955

377,948

498,798

Gold and specie

Grand total

Notes: ne s=not elsewhere specified.

*Revised figure.

4,993

18,648

52,076

280,948

396,596

550,874