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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 29

(Chapter 8: Primary Production)

Estimated Local Production of Crops, Livestock, Poultry and Fish

Item

Unit

1997

1998

1999

Crops

Vegetables (fresh, frozen or simply preserved)

tonnes

64 000

- 59 500

48 000

Fresh fruit and nuts

tonnes

Flowers

$ thousand

4 611 175,924

Other field crops

(1)

tonnes

799

3 873 283,780 1 120

3 770 278,626 540

Livestock and poultry

Cattle

heads

51

101

36

Swine

(2)

thousand heads

306

355

Chicken

tonnes

14 590

3 720

415 11 480

Other poultry

tonnes

1 800

2 170

1 180

Dairy products and eggs.

Milk (fresh)

Eggs (fresh)

tonnes thousands

215 33 450

246

3 550

241 3 530

Capture fisheries produce

Marine fish

tonnes

163 030

Shellfish

tonnes

22 970

164 057 15 943

120 228

7 552

Cultured fisheries produce

Marine fish

Pond fish

Oyster

tonnes

2 960

1 200

1 250

tonnes

5.000

4 900

4 500

tonnes

66

64

57

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

(2) Include local swine not slaughtered in abattoirs.

Source: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

(For enquiries, please call Census and Statistics Department. Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 4661)

APPENDIX 30

(Chapter 8: Primary Production)

Imports of Ores and Minerals

Item

Quartz

Feldspar

Graphite

Kaolin/feldspar sand

Tonnes

1997

1998

1999

875 32 169

966 23 657

2 105

16 384

117

43

57

207 817

158 665

108 005

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)