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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 33

(Chapter 8: Primary Production)

Estimated Local Production of Crops, Livestock, Poultry and Fish

Item

Unit

1998

1999

2000

Crops

Vegetables (fresh, frozen or simply preserved)

tonnes

59 500

48 000

42 500

Fresh fruit and nuts

tonnes

3 873

3 770

Flowers

$ thousand

283,780

Other field crops

(1)

tonnes

1 120

278,626 540

2 022 302,370

508

Livestock and poultry

Cattle

heads

Swine (2)

thousand heads

101 355

36

120

415

446

Chicken

tonnes

3 720

11 480

13 560

Other poultry

tonnes

2 170

1 180

520

Dairy products and eggs

Milk (fresh)

Eggs (fresh)(3)

tonnes thousands

246 3 550

241

259

3 530

3 710

Capture fisheries produce

Marine fish

Shellfish

tonnes tonnes

164 057 15 943

120 228 7 552

150 420

6 592

Cultured fisheries produce

Marine fish

tonnes

1 200

1 250

1 769

Pond fish

tonnes

4.900

4 500

Oyster

tonnes

64

57

2817 76

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

(2) Include local swine not slaughtered in abattoirs.

(3) Include mainly quail eggs.

Source: Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department.

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

APPENDIX 34

(Chapter 8: Primary Production)

Imports" of Ores and Minerals

Item

Quartz

Feldspar

Graphite

Kaolin/feldspar sand

Tonnes

1998

Imports

1999

2000

966 23 657

2 105 16 384

I 774 22 841

43

57

158 665

108 005

107 85 969

Note: (1) For coverage of Hong Kong's external trade statistics, please refer to footnote (1) of Appendix 21. Source: Trade Statistics Dissemination Section, Census and Statistics Department.

(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5042)

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