§ Mr. Russellasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies from which countries Hong Kong imports sanitary ware, fixtures and fittings; and to which countries it re-exports such goods, giving the values in each case to the latest convenient date.
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§ Mr. Lennox-BoydThe following is the information:
HONG KONG IMPORTS AND EXPORTS OF SANITARY WARE, FIXTURES AND FITTINGS (A) IMPORTS Country from which Imported 1952 1953 1954 1955 (January/February) £ £ £ £ United Kingdom … … 155,626 110,799 113,181 23,567 Australia … … 303 551 1,042 — U.S.A … … 14,625 25,178 42,865 17,264 Japan … … 2,083 1,801 4,985 2,325 Macao … … 498 230 258 240 Czechoslovakia … … 156 — — — France … … 1,192 2,122 — 8 Western Germany … … 22,198 11,434 22,336 6,866 Eastern Europe … … — 190 842 43 Netherlands … … 568 — — — Sweden … … 1,089 575 814 35 Belgium … … — 842 641 — Italy … … — 879 74 — China (excluding Formosa) … … — — 50 985 Formosa (Taiwan) … … — 555 — — Total … … £198,338 155,156 187,088 51,333 6W
(B) EXPORTS* Country of Destination 1952 1953 1954 1955 (January/February) £ £ £ £ Malaya … … 8,641 2,234 1,921 378 North Borneo … … 5,478 6,038 5,276 1,404 China (excluding Formosa) … … 79 5,490 500 — Formosa (Taiwan) … … 10,230 10,641 9,926 362 Japan … … 1,195 2,284 624 — Macao … … 8,487 6,457 3,936 62 Thailand … … 1,169 7,252 6,311 304 Indo-China … … 349 — 572 — Indonesia … … 917 196 473 — Korea, South … … — 75 — — Burma … … 86 — — — Asian countries (other) … … 241 — — — Australia … … 39 — — — New Zealand … … — 2 — — Canada … … — 8 41 23 British Commonwealth (other) … … — — — 159 British East Africa … … — — 1,554 3,434 South Africa … … — — — 370 Other African countries … … — — 844 — United States, Oceana … … — 339 13 — Philippines … … 28 19 3,137 — South American countries … … — 13 83 — Oceana (other) … … — 431 — — Total … … £36,939 41,479 35,211 6,496 *Largely, if not entirely, re-exports.