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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 28

(Chapter 8: Primary Production)

Imports" of Crops, Livestock, Poultry and Fish

Item

Crops

Rice

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

1997

1998

1999

tonnes

348 701

323 861

327 818

tonnes

18 527

15 842

11 687

tonnes

402 722

377 999

396 710

tonnes

52 870

50 000

tonnes

319 479

386 092

50 633 537 000

tonnes

1 273 127

1 230 230

1 182 992

$ thousand

160,769

tonnes

317 054

124,724

303 115

tonnes

7 883

7 064

129,993

227 350

6933

tonnes

2 278

2 321

2 381

tonnes

16 217

16 308

15 769

Cocoa

Tea and mate

Livestock and poultry

Cattle

heads

96 913

94 754

61 213

Sheep, lambs and goats

heads

6 694

5 801

4 327

Swine

thousand heads

2 126

2018

1 857

Chicken

tonnes

52 571

49 180

51 811

Other poultry

tonnes

15 131

2618

5 222

Live animals

tonnes

16 572

18 989

21 858

Meat and meat preparations

tonnes

1 277 990

1 414 843

1 686 529

Dairy products and eggs

Milk (fresh)

tonnes

55 183

Cream (fresh)

tonnes

1 721

55 646

1 450

56 152

2 664

Milk and cream (evaporated, condensed,

powdered, etc)

tonnes

148 337

Butter, cheese and curd

tonnes

19 141

Eggs (fresh)

thousands

1 457 288

Eggs (preserved)

thousands

204 066

129 396

19 721

1 470 703

206 253

112 864

20 565

1 475 484

180 028

Fish and fish preparations

Fish (fresh, chilled or frozen)

tonnes

106 501

124 081

115 977

Fish (dried, salted or smoked)

tonnes

17 582

16 958

18 462

Crustaceans and molluscs (fresh, frozen, dried,

salted, etc)

tonnes

80 921

86 305

94 670

Fish products and preparations

tonnes

9 362

7810

7 963

Crustaceans and molluscs products and

preparations

tonnes

5 635

5 948

6 181

Oil and fats (crude or refined)

tonnes

1 441

173

107

Fish meals (animal feeding stuffs)

tonnes

8 430

6139

7 622

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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