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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 29

(Chapter 8: Primary Production)

Estimated Local Production of Crops, Livestock, Poultry and Fish

Item

Unit

1996

1997

1998

Crops

Vegetables (fresh, frozen or simply preserved)

tonnes

76 000

64 000

59 500

Fresh fruit and nuts

tonnes

5 230

Flowers

$ thousand

186,800

4 611 175,924

Other field crops

(1)

tonnes

660

799

3 873 283,780 1 120

Livestock and poultry

Cattle

heads

270

51

101

Swine

(2)

thousand heads

288

306

355

Chicken

tonnes

17 040

14 590

3 720

Other poultry

tonnes

1 880

1 800

2 170

Dairy products and eggs

Milk (fresh)

Eggs (fresh)

tonnes

thousands

439 30 600

215 33 450

246 3.550

Fish and fish preparations

Fish (fresh, chilled or frozen)

Marine fish (3)

tonnes

Freshwater fish

tonnes

147 600 5 100

147 280 5.000

148 610 4 900

Fish (dried, salted or smoked)

Marine fish

tonnes

490

220

230

Crustaceans and molluscs (fresh, frozen, dried,

salted, etc)

tonnes

21 940

23 020

15 990

Fish products and preparations

tonnes

100

20

180

Crustacean and mollusc products and preparations tonnes

140

20

10

Fish meals (animal feeding stuffs)

tonnes

13 680

18 470

16 230

Notes: (1) Other field crops include yam, millet, peanut, sugar cane and sweet potato.

(2) Include local swine not slaughtered in abattoirs.

(3) Include cultured marine fish.

Source: Agriculture and Fisheries Department.

(For enquiries, please call Census and Statistics Department. Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 4068)

APPENDIX 30

(Chapter 8: Primary Production)

Imports" of Ores and Minerals

Item

Quartz

Feldspar

Graphite

Kaolin/feldspar sand

Tonnes

1996

1997

1998

2.995 59 694

875 32 169

966

23 657

298

117

43

212 902

207 817

158 665

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)