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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 26

(Chapter 9: Primary Production)

Imports" of Crops, Livestock, Poultry and Fish

Item

Crops

Rice (unhusked)

Wheat

Other cereals and cereal preparations

Other field crops

Vegetables (fresh, frozen or simply preserved) Vegetables (preserved or prepared), fruit and nuts (fresh, dried, preserved or prepared) Flowers

Sugar and honey

Coffee

Unit

1995

1996

1997

tonnes

357 556

370 629

348 701

tonnes

82 399

36 148

18 527

tonnes

414 054

405 484

402 722

tonnes

54 332

53 623

tonnes

385 871

335 582

52 870

319 479

tonnes

$ thousand

tonnes

1 133 228

195,278

239 939

tonnes

5 577

1 168 870 157,709 290 263

6 603

1 273 127

160,769 317 054

7 883

tonnes

2 236

679

2 278

tonnes

22 929

19 388

16 217

Cocoa

Tea and mate

Livestock and poultry

Cattle

head

108 610

80 631

96 913

Sheep, lambs and goats

head

8 865

7 209

6 694

Swine

thousand head

2 395

2 258

2 126

Chicken

tonnes

51 640

51 314

52 571

Other poultry

tonnes

19 178

15 966

15 131

Live animals

tonnes

8 496

10 355

16 572

Meat and meat preparations

tonnes

1 008 499

1 122 306

1 277 990

Dairy products and eggs

Milk (fresh)

tonnes

Cream (fresh)

tonnes

55 975

1 137

58 775

1 789

55 183

1 721

Milk and cream (evaporated, condensed,

powdered, etc)

tonnes

129 182

Butter, cheese and curd

tonnes

21 744

Eggs (fresh)

thousands

1 495 338

Eggs (preserved)

thousands

186 444

139 062

22 028

1 534 989

196 811

148 337 19 141

1 457 288

204 066

Fish and fish preparations

Fish (fresh, chilled or frozen)

tonnes

157 150

150 312

106 501

Fish (dried, salted or smoked)

tonnes

17 582

17 023

17 582

Crustaceans and molluscs (fresh, frozen, dried,

salted, etc)

tonnes

111 586

104 468

80 921

Fish products and preparations

tonnes

8 116

8 929

9 362

Crustacean and mollusc products and

preparations

tonnes

4 776

5 585

5 635

Oil and fats (crude or refined)

tonnes

1 813

3 700

1 441

Fish meals (animal feeding stuffs)

tonnes

13 732

15 061

8 430

Note: (1) For coverage of Hong Kong's external trade statistics, please refer to footnote (1) of Appendix 20.

Source:

Trade Statistics Dissemination Section, Census and Statistics Department. (Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5042)

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