urn ' u.Tn m& j » % THE TO €1 .. * -TATi| Y UB1 International Commerce HONG KONG A MARKET FOR U.S. PRODUCTS i'"V BLICAT A SUPPLEMENT TO International Commerce ... the weekly news magazine for world traders published by the Bureau of International Commerce and sold by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washing- ton, D.C. 20402, and by Department of Commerce Field Offices for $16 a year. A Market for U.S. Products in HONG KONG A U OF COMMERCE PU U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Luther H. Hodges Secretary Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. Under Secretary Jack N. Behrman Assistant Secretary for Domestic and International Business Thomas G. Wyman Deputy Assistant Secretary for Domestic and International Business BUREAU OF INTERNATIONAL COMMERCE Eugene M. Braderman Director For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 20402 Price $1.00. Credits by Maurice Kogon Bureau of International Commerce Mr. Kogon is Hong Kong Desk Officer, Far Eastern Division, Bureau of Inter- national Commerce, under Saul Baran, Director. Much of the information and analysis in this study is based on a recent survey made by Mr. Kogon in Hong Kong. He interviewed leading Chinese, British, and American businessmen engaged in commerce, industry, and finance. He also interviewed senior Hong Kong Government officials. His report draws on official and unofficial publications on Hong Kong and on reports prepared by the American Consulate General in Hong Kong. Special credit is accorded Mrs. Emily Lloyd Stephens of the Far Eastern Divi- sion for her contributions in preparing the statistical data and in providing support throughout the drafting process; and Richard N. Kirby, Commercial Officer at the American Consulate General who arranged interviews and factory visits for Mr. Kogon and provided fresh insight into problems and prospects facing U.S. exporters to Hong Kong. Grateful acknowledgment for cooperation and assistance in carrying out the project is due also Lynn H. Olson, Chief of the Economic Section; Harold C. Champeau, Commercial Officer; Henry Bardach, Economic Officer; and Walter Lenahan, Assistant Commercial Officer, American Consulate General, Hong Kong; Miss Jeannine Giffin, Maurice Birch, Miss Jean Donohoe, and Miss Jane Densmore, of the Far Eastern Division, Bureau of International Commerce. Foreword There is no better atmosphere for development and promotion of commercial activity than that found in a free-enterprise economy. Add to this a wide range of modern and efficient commercial facilities and services; an abundance of capital and foreign exchange; a growing consumer prosperity; a flourishing, expanding, and diversifying industry; a prime location along the major trade routes of Asia; and a worldwide, well-deserved reputation as a trading and entrepot community. This is Hong Kong — an excellent market for American goods. It is also an excellent market for the products of other nations. We can and do compete favorably in many commodities in Hong Kong. We could be doing much better. This book is designed to help you to reach the full measure of your sales potential in this challenging, dynamic market. June 1964. ElJGENE M. BRADERMAN Director, Bureau of International Commerce. in Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/marketforusprOOunit Contents Pace Foreword iii A Market Prospectus viii CHAPTERS I. Characteristics of the Market 1 Scope of Local Market 3 Scope of Entrepot Trade 13 II. Conditions Affecting Imports 16 Land and Water 17 Farming and Fishing 18 Transportation 19 Commercial Facilities 20 Health and Education 22 Recreation and Entertainment 23 Building and Construction 24 Development Projects 25 III. The Competition 28 American Suppliers 28 Other National Suppliers 29 Hong Kong Suppliers 31 Principal Competitive Factors 32 Meeting the Competition 33 IV. Marketing Channels and Aids 34 Marketing Channels 35 Marketing Aids 38 V. Hong Kong Trade Regulations, Procedures, Agreements and Controls 42 Import and Exchange Controls 42 U.S. Export Controls 43 Trading Methods and Customs 44 Representation and Agreements 46 China Trade Act 46 VI. Market for Selected Commodities 48 APPENDIXES A. Selected Economic Data 86 B. Commercial Facilities 93 C. Commercial Laws, Procedures, Rates 97 D. Notes for Business Travelers Ill E. Bibliography 1 12 TABLES Page 1. Import and Reexport Trends, 1959-62 and First 6 Months of 1963 61 2. Hong Kong Imports From Principal Suppliers, 1959-62 and First 6 months of 1963. . 61 3. Composition and End Use of Imports, 1959-62 61 4. Imports of Principal Foodstuffs and Consumer Goods, 1959-62 61 5. Characteristics of Population, 1961 62 6. Persons and Households by Type of Accommodation, 1961 62 7. Employment, by Industry, 1962 62 8. Imports of Consumer Goods for Which Hong Kong Demand Is Increasing and Imports From the United States, by Commodity, and U.S. Share, 1962 63 9. Imports of Consumer Goods for Which Hong Kong Demand Is Static and Imports From the United States, by Commodity, and U.S. Share, 1962 63 10. Value of Industrial Imports, by Type, 1959-62, and Percent Change, 1959-62 and 1961-62 64 11. Number of Industrial Establishments and Value of Locally Produced Exports, 1960-62 . 64 12. Imports of Raw Materials and Consumer Goods for Which Hong Kong Demand Is Increasing and Imports From the United States, by Commodity, and U.S. Share, 1962 65 13. Imports of Raw Materials and Capital Goods for Which Hong Kong Demand Is Static or Declining and Imports From the United States, by Commodity, and U.S. Share, 1962 66 14. Value and Direction of Hong Kong Reexports, 1 959-62 66 15. Principal Hong Kong Reexports, 1959-62 67 16. Principal Reexports to Principal Destinations, 1959 and 1962 68 17. Imports of Fertilizers and Insecticides, From Both World Markets and the United States, by Commodity, and U.S. Share, 1959 and 1962 68 18. Value of Imports of Agricultural Machinery, 1959 and 1962 69 19. Oceangoing Ships Entered and Cleared Through Hong Kong, 1960-62 69 20. Passenger Aircraft, Passengers, Freight, and Mail Through Hong Kong, 1960-62 .... 69 21. Value of Imports of Medicines and Pharmaceuticals, 1959 and 1962 70 22. Value of Imports of Reading and Writing Materials, 1959 and 1962 70 23. Value of Imports of Selected Leisure-Time Products, 1959 and 1962 70 24. Hong Kong Government Public Works Expenditures, Fiscal Years 1960-64 71 25. Imports of Principal Commodity Categories, by Country, 1962 71 26. Principal Imports From Mainland China, 1959 and 1962 72 27. Principal Imports From Japan, 1959 and 1962 72 28. Principal Imports From the United Kingdom, 1959 and 1962 73 29. Imports of Foodstuffs, 1959 and 1962 73 30. Imports of Beverages, 1959 and 1962 75 31. Imports of Tobacco and Tobacco Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 75 32. Imports of Mineral Fuels, 1959 and 1962 75 33. Imports of Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats, and Derivatives, 1959 and 1962 76 34. Imports of Chemicals and Chemical Products, 1959 and 1962 76 35. Imports of Hides, Leather, and Leather Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 77 36. Imports of Rubber and Rubber Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 77 37. Imports of Wood, Lumber, Cork, and Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 78 38. Imports of Pulp, Paper, and Paper Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 78 39. Imports of Principal Textile Categories, 1959 and 1962 79 40. Imports of Textile Fibers, 1959 and 1962 79 41. Imports of Textile Yarns, 1959 and 1962 79 42. Imports of Fabrics, 1959 and 1962 80 43. Imports of Textile Made-up Articles, 1959 and 1962 80 44. Imports of Clothing, 1959 and 1962 81 45. Imports of Nonmetallic Minerals and Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 81 46. Imports of Jewelry, 1959 and 1962 82 47. Imports of Metalliferous Ores, Scrap, and Base Metals, 1959 and 1962 82 48. Imports of Metal Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 83 49. Imports of Machinery and Transport Equipment, 1959 and 1962 84 vi CHARTS Page Foreign Trade of Hong Kong, 1962 12 Imports From Principal Suppliers, 1962 13 Imports by Type of Commodity, 1962 14 Imports of Principal Commodity Categories from the United States, 1962 21 Imports of Principal Commodity Categories from Mainland China, 1962 30 Imports of Principal Commodity Categories from Japan, 1962 30 Imports of Principal Commodity Categories from the United Kingdom, 1962 31 Total Imports and Imports from the U.S. of Foodstuffs 31 Total Imports and Imports from the U.S. of Tobacco and Tobacco Manufactures 50 Total Imports and Imports from the U.S. of Machinery and Transport Equipment 50 Total Imports and Imports from the U.S. of Textile Fibers 51 Total Imports and Imports from the U.S. of Jewelry 52 MAPS Political map of Hong Kong x Location map of Hong Kong 3 VII A MARKET PROSPECTUS Hong Kong is known the world over as a shopper's paradise. It is also an exporter's paradise. The range and diversity of products that are needed and presently are being bought and sold in the British colony by a profusion of importers, ex- porters, manufacturers, wholesalers, retailers, and local agents virtually defies the imagination. And yet, the sales potential of the colony both for existing as well as new products has not nearly been approached. In 1962, approximately $2 billion 1 worth of food- stuffs, consumer merchandise, raw and semiprocessed materials, fuels, and capital goods of all types and from all over the world were shipped into, through, or out of Hong Kong on the nearly 6,000 foreign and domestic oceangoing ships and 8,000 airplanes which serviced the colony in that year. In fact, Hong Kong in 1962 with imports of about $1.2 billion, exports of $580 million, and reexports of $187 million ranked only behind Japan and India and alongside Malaysia among the major trading countries of Asia. In per capita terms, the colony has by far the largest volume of total exports and imports in Asia if not in the world. Hong Kong is unique among the world's markets in that it presents virtually no artificial barriers to trade. As a free port, the colony has no protective duties or quantitative restrictions on imports; no difficulties are encountered in obtaining import licenses or foreign exchange; no cumbersome pro- cedures or delays hinder the clearing of merchandise through customs; the Hong Kong dollar is stable and freely convertible; foreign exchange is readily avail- able; and shipping, warehousing, insurance, and banking and credit facilities are excellent. Indeed, the concept of free trade and private enterprise is heartily supported and practiced by all segments of the business and official community and has prob- ably been the single most important factor account- ing for the phenomenal development of the colony's commerce and industry over the past decade. The only significant obstacles to trade in Hong Kong are those which stem primarily from the supplier's own shortcomings. For example, igno- rance of sales opportunities; unwillingness to adapt to local specifications; reluctance to extend credit, provide for advertising, or accept small orders; indifference to delivery terms and servicing needs; 1 The dollar figures in this report are U.S. dollars unless otherwise noted. inflexible pricing policies — these are among the self- inhibiting factors which very often determine whether a supplier makes or loses an export sale in Hong Kong. However, the exceptionally conducive climate for doing business with or in Hong Kong is only half the story. Equally noteworthy is the fact that the colony's already substantial import requirements are increasing rapidly and becoming more varied. From 1958 to 1962, Hong Kong's total imports rose by $360 million, or 45 percent. In 1962 alone, total imports increased by $126 million, or 12 percent above that in 1961. This trend is expected to continue along with the growth of population and the expansion and diversification of industry. The colony has limited agricultural resources and almost no raw materials. Consequently, nearly all foodstuffs for the local population and all raw materials for local industry must be imported. The population, excluding refugees from Communist China, is increasing at more than 3 percent a year. In addition, the annual tourist influx is generating ever-expanding demands for a wide variety of food products, soft goods, consumer durables, and luxury items. Perhaps the most striking development portending continued import growth, however, has been the meteoric expansion of local industry, particularly of light industries engaged in the processing of imported materials into exportable products. Lacking in- digenous sources of supply, Hong Kong must import much of the machinery and equipment involved in the production process as well as the fuel to run the machines and nearly all of its raw and semifinished products. Hong Kong is experiencing an unabated building and construction boom brought on by a mushrooming demand for residential, tourist hotel, and factory premises. It also needs to undertake costly public works, such as land reclamation and the construction of large dams and reservoirs. Accordingly, the demand for imported building materials, ranging from basic construction machinery to plumbing fix- tures and interior decorations, will probably intensify over the next few years. In addition to the local market, Hong Kong has well-established access to markets throughout Asia and has traditionally maintained a sizable entrepot trade in the region. Many types of goods are shipped in bulk and stockpiled in Hong Kong for reexport VIII to the vast consumer and budding industrial markets of Asia. The entrepot facility afforded by Hong Kong's free port status and large storage capacity makes it feasible to deliver more quickly and at less cost than if the supplier were to ship directly to the final destination. In short, Hong Kong is an area of uniquely favor- able business climate, of convenient geographic loca- tion, of highly developed commercial facilities, of dynamic population and industrial growth, of corre- spondingly high import requirements, and of steadily expanding market opportunities. As a market for American products, therefore, Hong Kong offers great promise. The colony is already the United States' sixth largest customer among the 20 free-world countries of South and East Asia, taking U.S. goods valued at $139 million c.i.f. in 1962. Considering commercially financed imports only, i.e., excluding U.S.-aid-financed imports into other Asian countries, 2 the colony ranks behind Japan, India, and the Philippines in value of pur- chases from the United States. 1 Hong Kong does not receive U. S. economic aid. Despite the comparatively high aggregate level of sales to Hong Kong, however, the U.S. position in the market is considerably below what it could be with a more aggressive sales effort. At present, the United States accounts for only about 12 percent of the colony's total imports, running behind main- land China and Japan and alongside the United Kingdom. For failure to exploit fully the significant sales potential in Hong Kong, American suppliers are losing a very real chance of improving their share of the colony's market. This study provides text, statistics, charts, and photographs showing what products are considered most salable in Hong Kong and what methods to employ in selling them most effectively. It discusses such factors as size and characteristics of the market, local conditions and developments affecting imports, the nature and extent of the competition, business practices and customs, distribution channels, specific commodity opportunities, and the various facilities and services available from the U.S. Department of Commerce and other U.S. agencies to assist American exporters. In preparing this study, the opinions and ideas of a cross section of the Hong Kong business community were obtained. Special thanks are due the many businessmen and officials who gave generously of their time. Those who were especially helpful are, according to their business specialization : Distributors, Agents, Retailers, Manufacturers John Bordwell. Muller & Phipps (China), Ltd. Russell Bruno. Olin Mathieson Far East, Ltd. A. Buddy Butt. Getz Bros. & Co., Inc. Alvin Florea. Floline Trading Co., Ltd. Robert Harper. Wallace Harper & Co., Fed. Inc., U.S.A. Anker B. Henningson. Hong Kong Bottlers, Fed. Inc., U.S.A. Rufus Hurley. Far East Oxygen & Acetylene Co. William Jackson. Jackson & Jackson, Ltd. Daniel Koo. The Shui Hing Co., Ltd. Y. H. Kwong. The China Engineers, Ltd. M. C. Lee. Da Chong Hong, Ltd. Gene M. Loo. Hallmark Co. Gerald Milham. Shulman, Inc. (San Francisco). Charles Silas. Nan Yang Cotton Mill, Ltd. Paul N. Sutro. Reynolds International, Inc. P. Y. Tang. South Sea Textile Mfg. Co., Ltd. Anne Thaler. Premier Projects, Ltd. Gordon Vaughn. A. L. Shelton, Inc. Wilfred Wong. American Engineering Corp., Red. Inc., U.S.A. Omar Yang. Hong Kong Tobacco Co., Ltd. Banking, Insurance, Warehousing William Allman, vice president, American International Underwriters, Ltd. D. R. Bland, business manager, Hong Kong & Kowloon Wharf & Godown Co., Ltd. Edward Burrell, manager, Bank of America. Q. W. Lee, director and manager, Hang Seng Bank, Ltd. Henrique Noronha, assistant manager, First National City Bank. Henry Sperry, vice president, First National City Bank. Trade Associations Hon. S. S. Gordon (chairman) and members of the General Committee of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Com- merce. Sir Sik-Nin Chau (chairman) and members of the General Committee of the Federation of Hong Kong Industries. T. S. Wong (president) and members of the General Commit- tee of the Chinese Manufacturer's Association. Hong Kong Government Jack E. Cater, deputy economic secretary, Colonial Secretariat. David M. Sellers, assistant director, Commerce and Industry Department. J. D. McGregor, Commerce and Industry Department. IX CHAPTER I Characteristics of the Market Hong Kong's market is as huge as all of Asia or as narrow as the local high-income group, depending on the type of product offered for sale. Overall, however, the market may be characterized as large, diversified, and expanding. Total imports, valued at $1,165 million in 1962, have increased 10 percent annually since 1958, in- cluding a 12-percent, or $126-million, increase in 1962. During the same period, imports from the United States increased 16 percent a year, with a 9-percent, or Ill-million, increase to $139 million in 1962. Thus, the United States has been able to keep pace with Hong Kong's overall increase in imports, maintaining a roughly constant 10- to 12- percent share of the colony's market since 1958. Of total imports in 1962, $978 million, or 84 percent, were retained in the colony for local con- sumption and $187 million, or 16 percent, were reexported to world markets, principally Asian. Both retained imports and reexports are increasing as shown in table 1. The size of the colony's market clearly goes beyond its geographic borders and the extent of its local population, as evidenced by the magnitude of its annual trade. While geographic and demo- graphic factors play some role in forecasting import demand, it is quite clear that the colony is importing far more than might normally be expected of an area comprising 400 square miles and V/i million persons. For example, in 1962, retained imports, i.e., total imports less reexports, per capita amounted in Hong Kong to $277 compared with $87 in the United States and $59 in Japan. These figures do not of course include the goods imported into Hong Kong for subsequent reexport, which for Hong Kong amounted to an additional $54 per capita in 1962. The local market and the reexport market are somewhat dissimilar in character and are treated separately. COMMERCIAL CENTER OF THE EAST: Hong Kong has a convenient location and a harbor that easily accommodates oceangoing vessels. The sources of imports are determined to a large degree by proximity, price, speed of delivery, and traditional trade channels. From mainland China, which is the colony's principal supplier, came in 1962 a total of 18 percent by value of all imports and 36 percent by value of all food imports. China also supplies textile yarn and fabrics. Japan, the second largest supplier, provides 44 percent of Hong Kong's total import of textiles as well as large quantities of machinery, base metals, nonmetallic mineral manufacturers, and paper and paper manu- factures. Imports from the United Kingdom con- sist mainly of machinery, transport equipment, textiles, and base metals. The principal imports from the United States are raw cotton, machinery, plastic molding compounds, tobacco, fruits and vegetables, and medicinals and pharmaceuticals. Table 2 shows the trends in total imports and imports from principal suppliers from 1959-62 and first 6 months of 1963. Although local supplies of agricultural produce and fish are substantial, most of the colony's food- stuffs have to be imported. Thus, food is a major import category, accounting for nearly 26 percent of all imports in 1962. See table 3. The chief items of edible imports include live animals, because the Chinese prefer meat that is freshly slaughtered rather than frozen; dairy products; fish and fish preparations; rice, fruits, and vegetables, most of which are for immediate local consumption; sugar, tea and coffee, and fats. About $49.9 million worth of imported foodstuffs were subsequently reexported in 1962. Imports of other consumer goods, representing 23 percent of total imports in 1962, include textile made-up articles, passenger cars, diamonds, and consumer durables such as radios and tape recorders, watches, tobacco, alcoholic beverages, and medicinals and pharmaceuticals. Roughly $63.4 million worth of imported consumer goods other than food were reexported in 1962. Raw materials and semimanufactured goods for use in the colony's industries comprise the largest share of total imports — 40 percent in 1962. Hong Kong's textile and garment industries absorbed no less than 35 percent of all imports of raw materials in 1962, including raw cotton, cotton yarn and fabrics, and worsteds and other cloths. Additional items of importance in this category include plastic molding compounds, base metals, dyeing and finish- ing materials, and animal and vegetable crude materials. The value of reexports of raw materials, at $64.9 million in 1962, is larger than that of con- sumer goods, foodstuffs, or capital goods. Mineral fuels are essential for a territory which is both an industrial center and the major refueling port between Singapore and Japan. Imports of mineral fuels accounted for 4 percent of total imports in 1962. Over a quarter of these fuels were used to supply visiting oceangoing vessels and aircraft. Nearly all the fuel was consumed locally. Imports of capital goods, such as machinery, transport and communications equipment, and scien- tific instruments and apparatus, amounted to 7 percent of total imports in 1962. Nearly $8 million worth were reexported. SCOPE OF THE LOCAL MARKET Virtually all primary agricultural and industrial products, capital goods, and a substantial portion of semiprocessed goods are imported in nearly direct proportion to demands of consumers and manufac- turers. The correlation between imports and the trends in personal consumption and in manufactur- ing, while common to several countries, is particu- larly marked in Hong Kong because the colony has as yet little capability of supplying its own needs. Having no significant natural resources and few import-substituting industries, Hong Kong industry must rely on imported raw materials and compo- nents, which are then processed for export. Consequently, any assessment of Hong Kong's local consumer goods market, on the one hand, and its industrial market, on the other, must take into account trends in population and income levels as well as conditions and prospects in industry. Other basic factors, such as geography, natural resources, climate, topography, and economic developments, which affect both the consumer and industrial markets, are discussed separately in chapter II. The consumer goods market refers here to the demand for food products, apparel, home furnishings and appliances, tobacco and alcoholic beverages, and general merchandise normally purchased from retail establishments by individuals for their own personal or household consumption. Such consumer mer- chandise represents the largest part of the colony's retained imports, accounting for $449 million, or 46 percent, of the total in 1962. Per capita import of retained consumer goods was $128 in 1962 compared with $108 in 1959. No fig- ures are available on expenditures in retail or whole- sale stores for consumer goods and personal services. The major food and consumer items imported and retained in the colony, 1959-62, are reported in table 4. Total population, which was 3.5 million in 1962, is increasing by 3 percent a year. In 1962, however, the increase was 9 percent, or 300,000, owing to an unusually large influx of refugees from Communist China. The total number of refugees successfully assimilated into the social and economic life of the colony since 1949 exceeds 1 million persons. If present rates of natural increase and immigration continue, the population may well exeed 4 million by 1966. Assuming for 1966 that per capita import of food and consumer goods equals that of 1962, or $128, and that the population is 4 million, retained imports of food and consumer merchandise may total $512 million, or an increase of nearly $64 million over that in 1962. The principal customers for food and consumer merchandise in Hong Kong, then, are the 3.5 million persons — 1.8 million males and 1.7 million females — who populate the colony as well as the one-half million or more foreign tourists and servicemen who visit each year primarily to shop. Nearly one-third, or 1.1 million persons, live on the island of Hong Kong in 29 square miles; 750,000 in Kowloon proper in 4 square miles; 860,000 in New Kowloon in 9 square miles; 460,000 in the New Territories in 365% square miles; and 140,000 on boats. In all, over 2% million persons live in 36 square miles of urban area and most of them occupy the 10 square miles of built-up city on both shores of the harbor. Even though identifiable pockets of population exist, the colony as a whole is so compact that it may be regarded as one consumer marketing center. More than 98 percent of Hong Kong's population is Chinese on the basis of language and place of origin. Most are descendants of persons who came from Kwangtung Province whence the greater part of the refugee and immigrant population also hail. Other elements in the urban population include a Fukien Province community, an overseas Chinese group, and about 50,000 non-Chinese. Cantonese is the lingua franca of the colony and is spoken by at least 95 percent of the population. Other languages of Kwangtung Province — Hoklo, Sze Yap, and Hakka — are spoken by 16 percent of the population. Those who have come to the colony from other parts of China speak the language of their districts, the commonest being dialects of Amoy, Shanghai, and Hunan, but their children usually speak Cantonese. Although English is designated the official language, only 10 percent of the popula- tion can speak it, and only 2 percent communicate in English normally. Most businessmen speak English in some degree. Hong Kong compares well with most other Asian countries on literacy. The combination of high literacy and widespread use of Cantonese in Hong Kong condition the nature of effective advertising. Certainly, any effort to influence public opinion should employ Cantonese in whole or in part. Of all media, newspapers are the most direct means of reaching the mass consumer. See also chapter 4. Youth and dependency are marked features of Hong Kong's population. Out of a total of all ages, 1.3 million, or 41 percent, are under 15 years of age. See table 5. Half a million, or 16 percent, are under BARGAIN DAY: In a typital under-the-sky supermarket. 5 years of age. Young persons will continue to represent an important element of the consuming public, and cultivation of their interests and tastes could influence future sales. The principal consumer spending unit in Hong Kong, other than the individual himself, is the family or household. Each household generally averages five members and includes the head of the family, mem- bers of the immediate family, relatives, and whatever other persons living under the same roof share the common household food. There were 690,000 house- holds in the colony in 1961. The number of married couples alone is estimated at 600,000, and most of them are located on the island and in Kowloon and New Kowloon. An increasing proportion of households that own their own homes suggests a trend toward buying instead of renting a house or flat. In the New Territories, with its large farm population, 60 percent of householders are owners and 95 percent of the boat people own the boats on which they and their families have settled. Even in the densely populated areas, the proportion of homeowners is fairly high — 13 percent on the island, 12 percent in Kowloon and 18 percent in New Kowloon. In the colony as a whole, nearly 155,000 of the 690,000 households own their own homes. A rough breakdown of persons by type of housing accommodation appears in table 6. The data sug- gest that a rather large element of the population subsists at minimum purchasing levels. Over one -third of the population lives in homes or "spaces" and pays little or no rent. Of these, about 510,000 persons are housed in multiunit resettlement projects at $2.50 a month rent for a standard 120 square foot cubicle housing 5 persons each; 500,000 are squatters living in wooden huts and shacks and pay no rent; and about 250,000 persons are packed in cocklofts, roofs, basements, and squatter boats and pay negligible, if any, rent. Another third of the population, all located in the urban areas, resides in tenements, small flats, low- cost housing units renting at $6.50 to $30 a month, large flats, and houses of varying but extremely high rents. The better homes are constructed of stone, brick, or concrete. Wood, thatch, sheet iron, and asbestos are common among rural homes and in squatter villages. Excluding the boat people, nearly 2.5 million persons occupy homes of permanent con- struction and about 700,000 live in nonpermanent dwellings. \^f mm *^' ■-' ** Ti.i ^*^^| tegs® &:=3*?5 LOW-RENT HOUSING: Includes gardens and recreation areas. HOME IN THE HONG KONG HARBOR: Almost all of the boat people in the metropolitan area of 'he crown colony own their own homes. The economically active segment of the popula- tion, based on the 1961 census, is estimated at 1.3 million persons, of whom nearly all are gainfully employed. Out of 950,000 males aged 15 and over, 860,000 are in the labor force, or a male labor partici- pation rate of 91 percent. Of the 915,000 females over 15 years of age, 341,000 are in the labor force. The number of children under 15 who are working is small — about 25,000. Thus, workers form nearly 40 percent, or 1.2 million, of the total population. In- workers — those who work at their employers' place of business and cannot take their work away to complete — number 790,000 permanently employed and 38,000 casually or seasonally employed persons. Other categories include 124,000 self-employed; 53,000 unpaid family workers; 11,200 apprentices, trainees, and learners; 11,000 out -workers; and 9,300 workers employed on commission. There are 57,400 employers. Unemployment is negligible, around 16,000 persons. Nearly 51 percent of all workers are engaged in manufacturing, construction, mining, quarrying, and utilities. Of these, manufacturing, with 476,000 persons, or 40 percent of the working population, is the largest single employer. Commerce employs 11 percent; agriculture, 7 percent; transportation and communications, 7 percent; and services, 22 percent. The number of persons directly employed in in- dustries registered with or recorded by the Hong Kong Labour Department rose to a record 297,897 in 1962. See table 7. For lack of comprehensive data on wages, personal income estimates cannot be made except for those persons who are engaged in registered industries and in Government. Wages in manufacturing are usually calculated on hourly, daily, or monthly bases or on piece rates. Daily-rated or piece workers are customarily paid at weekly or half-monthly intervals. Most semi- skilled and unskilled workers in manufacturing industries are paid daily rates. Average wages range from 50 cents to $1.40 a day for unskilled, and $1.20 to $1.75 a day for semiskilled workers. Skilled labor on daily rates averages $1.40 to $3.70 a day. Production process operatives work at piece rates and average $1.05 to $2.50 a day, especially those in the major industries — cotton spinning and weav- ing, garments, rubber shoe, and knitting. Monthly paid workers include all Government civil servants, most employees of commercial estab- lishments, considerable numbers of skilled workers in public utilities, and the higher salaried supervisory and technical personnel in industry. Sixty -five per- cent of all workers are paid monthly. The effect of a lower level of wages on consumer spending is that a high percentage of earnings are absorbed by essential purchases — food, rent, cloth- ing, fuel, light, and cleaning. In Hong Kong, the average household income is spent approximately as follows, by percent: food and drink, 51; rent, 9; clothing, 7; and fuel, light, and cleaning, 7.5 — a total of nearly 75 percent on necessities. Expendi- tures and other goods and services include, by percent: tobacco and cigarettes, 3; doctors and medi- cines, 2.5; household equipment, 1.75; newspapers and stationery, 1.50. The remainder of the expendi- ture goes toward education, transportation, haircuts, and shoe repairs. While wages are quite low in comparison with those in the United States, take -home pay in Hong Kong actually comprises a much higher proportion of shopping income than is the case in the United States. This is so because many workers receive substantial fringe benefits in addition to take-home pay; for example, free accommodations, subsidized meals, food allowances, holiday bonuses, good attend- ance bonuses, and paid rest days. The aggregate value of fringe benefits may be as much as or more than base pay. For lack of reliable national income data for Hong Kong, there is no way of accurately gaging the colony's consumer purchasing power. A rough esti- mate of national income can be made on the basis of Government revenues, which are believed to repre- sent somewhere between 12 and 15 percent of national income. This method of computation would give the colony a national income of $1.5 billion in 1962 and an average per capita income of $400 a year or one of the highest in Asia. Perhaps only 5 to 6 percent of the population are really prosperous, including those of enormous wealth, while most persons probably live at or just above subsistence levels. The number of low- and middle -income consumers appears to be rising, how- ever, along with increases in wages and noticeable improvements in living standards. Tourists as consumers. — A secondary but increas- ingly important group of consumers in Hong Kong are the foreign tourists who come to the colony primarily to shop. Approximately 253,000 inter- national tourists plus 114,000 U.S. servicemen visited Hong Kong in 1962 and spent $114 million on goods, services, and accommodations. In 1958, about 103,000 tourists and 100,000 U.S. servicemen had spent $67 million. The typical civilian visitor spends considerably more money per day in Hong Kong than he does anywhere else in Asia, averaging $120. Almost 70 percent of civilian tourist expenditures — about $78.8 million in 1962 — go toward purchases of consumer items to take home, the remainder being spent on ac- commodations, food, sightseeing, and entertainment. Americans represent the largest group of visitors to Hong Kong. In 1962, there were 91,000 visitors from the United States, or 36 percent of total, com- pared with 35,000 from the United Kingdom, 23,000 from Japan, 22,000 from the Philippines, 13,000 from Australia, and 69,000 from all other countries. The average length of stay of tourists in Hong Kong is estimated at 21 days for British; 12 days for Asians; 6 days for Americans and Australians; and 4 days for Europeans and Japanese. The average American tourist family spends $800 while in Hong Kong. Australian and New Zealand families spend $300 to $330. A total of 490,000 tourists and $270 million annual expenditure by 1968, exclusive of expenditures by either U.S. servicemen or oversea Chinese, has been projected. 1 This projection allows for 179,000 visi- tors other than Americans when computed at a 10- percent cumulative annual increase plus 310,000 American visitors. Average expenditures by these 1 U.S. Department of Commerce, The Future of Tourism in the Pacific and the Far East, June 1961, Washington, D.C. A DOLL FACTORY: Hong Kong's growing plastkware industry produces dolls and many other articles from U.S. molding compounds. 5 X V*V ■ tourists, according to this projection, are: for shop- ping, $500 for Americans and $200 for all other nationalities; for accommodations, food, sightseeing, and entertainment over a 5 -day period, $165 for all nationalities. At least 65 percent of the tourist market in 1968 will he composed of American visitors, compared with 36 percent in 1962. The British component in the market is expected to grow substantially from its 14 percent in 1962. While it is true that much of the tourist shopping may be confined to locally made consumer products which are either not available or more expensive in the home countries, it is also a common occurrence for an American or other tourist to purchase items made in the United States. The reason is that an American product usually sells for less in Hong Kong than in the United States despite freight costs added on because the colony has no import duties or commodity taxes and less overhead expense. Consumers in Hong Kong are susceptible to sales presentations that stress eye appeal, styling, status, beautification, utility, and economy. For those who can afford it and even for those who sacrifice in order to acquire it, foreign brand consumer merchandise is highly prized, especially if it is an American brand. In fact, brand consciousness is evidenced among all walks of life — from the well-known American ball- point pen in the shirt pocket of a laborer who has little occasion to write, to the housewife buying only California oranges from unlikely back-alley stalls, and to the girls wearing American swimsuits at the beach. A century of British influence and the more recent presence of American and European tourists and servicemen have served to enhance the desirability of owning and using Western products although retaining many of the enviable and irreplaceable attributes of Chinese living; e.g., Chinese cuisine and the Cheongsam, or Chinese dress. Thus, an effective sales approach, as far as con- sumer goods are concerned, should be designed to appeal to a blend of Western and Oriental taste. American products bearing labels in Chinese characters should clearly convey the fact that the product is made in the United States. Otherwise, the product may be confused with a local manu- facture and sell at a reduced price. In many cases, labels in Chinese can and should be added in Hong Kong. For more details on advertising and labeling, see chapter 4. In general, except in the few cases where Chinese customs, beliefs, and predilections dictate otherwise, a sales presentation geared for the U.S. market is suitable for Hong Kong. Among the more signifi- cant local sensitivities, color is particularly impor- tant. Red, gold, and certain shades of green are usually well received. Certain shades of blue are connected with funeral ceremonies and should be avoided. In principle, any connotation of unhappi- ness or misfortune should be avoided. For example, package labels depicting persons with physical de- formities, e.g., a picture of a man with one eye missing, are not well received. In order to protect against the possibility of offending Hong Kong customers, the supplier should seek the advice of his local representative wherever possible and treat sympathetically suggestions on color, design, packaging, and labeling. The following items appear to have immediate and longrun growth potential, based on steadily increasing overall import levels since 1959. FOOD PRODUCTS: wheat spelt flour, soy- bean oil, lard, dry whole and skimmed milk, apples, oranges and tangerines, grapes, canned fruits and vegetables, fruit juices, sugar con- fectionery, canned Crustacea and mollusks, and food waste and prepared animal feed. OTHERS : air conditioners, domestic electric refrigerators, ballpoint and fountain pens, sporting ammunition, exposed movie films, polished unset diamonds, pharmaceutical prod- ucts, toilet preparations, toilet paper and paper towels, vitamins, synthetic powdered detergents, leather footwear, cotton shirts other than knit, shirts other than cotton but knit, and shirts other than cotton but not knit. Table 8 shows the relationship between total im- ports and imports from the United States of con- sumer goods from 1959 to 1962 according to the share of the market held by the United States in 1962. The gradations of 25 percent in the table express a rough correlation between the demand for total imports and demand for imports from the United States. For example, any increase in overall de- mand for an item of which the United States supplies more than 75 percent will very likely be satisfied by the United States rather than the foreign product. But, when the United States has less than 25 percent of the market, American suppliers will have to compete far more vigorously than now to benefit from an increase in overall demand for that product. In addition, the higher the share held by the United States, the greater the competition among U.S. sup- SHIP IN HARBOR: Freighters and passenger liners from all over fhe world call at Hong Kong, commercial center of the Far East. pliers rather than between U.S. and foreign suppliers. See also chapter 3. Another important consumer goods group, which includes some of the largest U.S. exports to Hong Kong, is the one that has had a rather static demand since 1959. Value of these imports has tended to rise or fall very moderately. It is conceivable that some of these items are approaching a saturation point. However, because of the large total value of present imports of these products and the relatively high preference for the American variety, as indicated in the market share data in table 9, longrun prospects for increased U.S. sales are favorable. Nearly all the U.S. food and consumer goods in the Hong Kong market have increased in annual sales. A final and substantial category of consumer products imported into Hong Kong is the one in which U.S. suppliers have no record of sales. In some cases, the United States either does not produce or does not normally export the item. In other cases, however, the probable American suppliers may be ignorant of opportunities, lack initiative, or be unable to compete. Those products whose indi- vidual import value exceeds $2 million per year and which the United States is not presently selling in Hong Kong are: Imports, total (U.S.% millions) Principal suppliers Bovine cattle 11. 8 Thailand, Cambodia. Swine 28. 8 Mainland China, Cam- bodia, Thailand. Imports, total ( U.S.% millions Eggs in shell, fresh 13. 9 Fresh water fish, fresh, 4. 4 chilled, or frozen. Prawns, and shrimps, 3. 1 fresh, chilled, or frozen. Rice, white, 100 percent. . 42. 5 Rice, white, broken 11. 5 Peanuts, shelled 2. 2 Mushrooms, dehydrated 3. 1 or evaporated. Vegetables, dehydrated 2. 1 or evaporated, n.e.s. Sugar, not refined 2. 7 Sugar, refined 14. 3 China tea 3. 4 Cotton table damasks and 5. 9 manufactures, em- broidered. Table damasks and manu- 2. 8 factures, not cotton, embroidered. N.e.s. = Not elsewhere specified. Another group of consumer products imported into Hong Kong but not from the United States are included among those whose individual import value ranges from $100,000 to $2 million per year. See appendix A. The industrial goods market in this report refers largely to the demand for raw and semifinished ) Principal suppliers Mainland China, Japan. Mainland China. Macao, China. Mainland China, Thai- land. Thailand. Rhodesia-Nyasaland. Japan. Mainland China. Australia. Mainland China, Poland, Taiwan. Mainland China, Taiwan. Mainland China. Do. IN KOWLQON many of the clothes are tailored from U.S. fabrics. materials; components; machinery, equipment, and parts; fuels and other operating supplies; and related products purchased by manufacturers and other businessmen for use in their own establishments or for the production of other goods. Such products are more broadly referred to as industrial products or raw materials and capital goods. They accounted for 46 percent of Hong Kong's total retained imports in 1962, as follows, in percent: raw materials, 35; fuels, 4; and capital goods, 7. The industrial products category is the fastest growing of all categories of imports. In this cate- gory, retained imports increased from $369 million in 1959 to $529 million in 1962, or 43 percent. See table 10. If the present rate of increase continues, retained imports of industrial products may exceed $850 million by 1966, or an increase of over $325 million over 1962. Consumers of industrial products in Hong Kong consist mostly of business firms in manufacturing, construction, transportation and communications, utilities, and the wholesale and retail trade to the extent that it buys for resale to industry. To a lesser degree, farms, fisheries, mines, the Government, and service institutions, such as schools and hospitals, also purchase industrial products. Manufacturing industries, however, constitute by far the most significant single group of industrial consumers. In general, there are four broad groups of industries whose growth patterns have had and will continue to have considerable impact on industrial imports. Most of these industries are responsive to external demand factors although the initial development im- petus may have come from and is still in some meas- ure influenced by local factors. First are the industries which form and service the infrastructure of the economy — shipbuilding and ship repairing; aircraft maintenance and repairs for internal marine and land transport; and public util- ities, particularly electricity and gas. The growth of these industries gave rise to the local construction of diesel engines and the manufacture of rope and nets, nails, screws, hinges, and wire. These indus- tries have spurred import demands for communica- tions equipment and all types of marine, air, and land transport vehicles, and accessories and parts, of all of which the United States is a principal sup- plier. See also chapter II. Second, the fantastic construction boom in the colony, increasing each year in tempo, gave rise to the expansion of the cement and allied industries; the rolling of steel bars; production of drilling ma- chines, water pumps, plumbing fixtures, fittings and tubes; and the manufacture of glass, chemicals (chiefly paints), furniture, metal products, electrical apparatus and appliances, and, indirectly, of ma- chinery. Growth of these industries stimulated the demand for imported construction machinery, e.g., piledriving machines and concrete mixers and vibra- tors; building materials, e.g., tiles, steel bars, water pipes, hardware, timber; nonmetallic minerals, e.g., limestone, coal, gypsum; paints and their ingredients; and metals, e.g., scrap, iron and steel, tin, zinc, aluminum and metal alloys. Third, the local and worldwide demand for cloth- ing and food gave impetus to the development of the textile, rubber and leather footwear, and food and beverage industries. Food and beverage consump- tion, in turn, spurred growth of the ice and cold- storage industry. This group of industries now ac- counts for the largest segment of imports, including all kinds of textile fibers and fabrics, rubber, canvas, carbon black, animal hides, leather, black plate and tinplate for cans, sugar, sirups, leaf tobacco, textile and canning and sugar refining machinery, and re- frigeration equipment. Fourth, the increase in local and foreign demand resulting from various secondary and tertiary wants, such as education, entertainment, and adornment, 10 stimulated the development of the plastics industry and the manufacture of plastic flowers, toys, and dolls, toothbrushes, artificial jewelry, fountain pens, cameras, and cosmetics. In addition, the printing, publishing, and film industries were also stimulated by this demand. This group also includes industries which developed in response to tourism — hotels, restaurants, places of entertainment, and handicrafts. Import demands generated by these industries in- clude plastic molding compounds, diamonds and other gems, film, paper pulp and newsprint paper, laundry and drycleaning equipment, and Western foods. There are believed to be upwards of 12,000 in- dustrial establishments in the whole colony, located principally in Kowloon. Of these, 7,305 industrial enterprises, generally employing 15 or more workers, were registered or recorded with the Hong Kong Labour Department in 1962. In addition, there may be up to 4,000 very small undertakings catering to" the domestic market or doing subcontract work for export industries. This latter group uses no power-driven machinery. Most of the 12,000 or more industrial enterprises are small family firms. There are only 530 businesses employing over 100 workers, compared with 1,680 firms employing between 20 and 100 workers and 9,800 firms employing fewer than 20 workers. The few big industrial firms account for a disproportion- ately large share of exports and imports. The number of industrial enterprises utilizing im- ported raw materials and capital goods has grown phenomenally in recent years, and prospects for a continuation of the growth are excellent. In 1953, there were only 2,100 registered factories in the colony. By the end of 1962, the number of registered and recorded industrial enterprises rose to 7,305, of which 6,953 alone were in manufacturing. Since 1959, nearly 2,300 new plants have come into being, of which 945 were established in 1962. The number of industrial workers increased from 217,400 in 1959 to 297,900 in 1962. Contributing significantly to this steady increase, aside from prosperous business conditions and increased local and foreign demand, was the ease with which industries can be launched in Hong Kong's control-free economy. By the end of 1966, if the present rate of increase continues, there may be from 10,500 to 11,000 registered and recorded industrial firms in Hong Kong. Most of them may be processing imported raw materials for export and using imported machinery. One of the characteristics of Hong Kong's economy is the extremely high ratio of value of imported industrial materials to finished export products. For example, retained industrial imports amounted in 1959-62 to 92 percent by value of the colony's locally produced exports while retained imports of raw materials alone constituted 72 percent by value of domestic exports. Using this correlation as a basis for projection, every $1 million increase in the colony's domestic exports tends to generate a $900,000 increase in imports of all industrial prod- ucts, including a $700,000 increase in imports of raw materials. Hong Kong Government officials project an increase in value of exports of 10 percent a year over the next few years. From 1959 to 1962, Hong Kong's locally produced exports actually increased on an average of 13.5 percent a year, from $399 million to $581 million. Taking the Government's estimate as conservative, Hong Kong's total domestic exports should reach at least $850 million by 1966 when retained imports of all industrial products and of raw materials alone should approximate $780 million and $610 million, respectively, by 1966, compared with $529 million and $408 million in 1962. - ; SKILLED WORKERS in on electronics factory assemble parts. 11 The greatest overall increases in demand for im- ported raw materials and capital goods will come, therefore, from those industries that are increasing in number and/or are enjoying rising export sales. Table 11 shows the pattern of new industrial estab- lishments and of exports for the colony's principal import-consuming industries. The fastest developing industries, both in terms of the number of new factories and the value of in- creased exports, appear to be those producing elec- trical appliances and accessories, metal manufactures, transport vehicles and parts, nonelectric machinery, wood and cork manufactures, paper and paper products, footwear and clothing, tobacco manufac- tures, and miscellaneous manufactures. Thus, the industrial products most likely to enjoy rising import demand should include at least iron, steel, aluminum, and other base metals, electrical materials, electronic components, plastic molding compounds, paper pulp, textile fabrics, and leaf tobacco, together with the machinery involved in the production processes. Industrial purchasing is done by the Hong Kong manufacturer either direct from the foreign manu- facturer or his sales branch in the colony or through industrial importers and wholesalers who import on their own account. Agents, brokers, and other middlemen play a relatively minor role in the sale of industrial products. See also chapter 4. Some of the more important characteristics of industrial buying by the Hong Kong manufacturer are: 1. Cost, efficiency of operation, and quality of the imported raw material or machine are the main considerations. However, efficiency and quality are usually subordinated to cost if high volume sales are essential. Style, eye appeal, or personal satisfaction are not decisive. 2. Suitability to the needs and preferences of the foreign and domestic customers determine the pur- chase of components if the final product is sold on a made-to-order or made-to-taste basis because many customers, particularly American, will insist on the use of specified raw materials. 3. Catalogs, price lists, and other descriptive literature are relied on in buying standardized prod- ucts, but demonstrations and on-the-spot sales approaches are often decisive in the sale of sophisti- cated or unique products. 4. Purchases are usually made or decided by the owner himself, owing to the prevalence of individual or family ownership of business firms. However, the larger the enterprise the greater the delegation of purchasing responsibility to engineers, production managers, sales executives, or purchasing depart- ments. 5. In many industries, time and laborsaving de- vices are not yet regarded as important or vital because manual labor is readily available and rela- tively inexpensive. However, with increasing labor costs, semiautomated and in some cases fully auto- mated production lines may become profitable. Small, manually operated machines used for assem- bling, sorting, and packaging already enjoy a marked demand. 6. Installation and maintenance of equipment and machinery are essential to the initial sale of most equipment and machinery. Individual commodities whose demands has in- creased from 1959 to 1962 and in which the United States has some share of the market include: RAW MATERIALS: cotton, wool, rayon, nylon, and Dacron fabrics, both continuous filament and spun; knitted fabrics; plastic molding compounds and artificial resins; syn- thetic rubber ; organic compounds; insecticides; tobacco leaf; cigarette paper; lubricating oil; paper board; sanitary and plumbing fixtures; and iron and steel sheet. CAPITAL GOODS: earthmoving and earth- leveling machinery; excavating machinery; textile machinery; air-conditioning and refrig- eration equipment; miscellaneous machine parts; and miscellaneous metal manufactures. Table 12 shows the relationship between total imports and imports from the United States of raw FOREIGN TRADE OF HONG KONG, 1962 (In Millions of U. S. Dollars) 12 materials and capital goods since 1959 according to the share of the market held by the United States in 1962 in gradations of 25 percent. Another major category of industrial imports includes those which have had static or declining import patterns since 1959. Among these, raw cot- ton, which is tied to the fortunes of textile exports, is the colony's largest single import. See table 13. A final category of industrial imports consists of those products in which the United States has no record of sales. Those whose import value exceeds $2 million annually are: Imports , total Raw materials and (l/.S.S semimanufactures: millions) Principal supplier Rubber smoked sbeets . 2. Sarawak, North Borneo Malaya. Charcoal 2. Malaya. Light hardwood in the 6. 5 North Borneo, Sarawak, round. Teakwood squares 2. Burma, Thailand. Wool tops 10. 1 Australia, Japan, Uru- guay, South Africa. Rattan canes 2. Indonesia, Malaya. Coal 2. 8 Mainland China, North Vietnam. Gasoline 2. 2 Malaya, Persian Gulf Sheikdoms Kerosene 4. 4 Malaya, Iran, Persian Gulf Sheikdoms, Saudi Arabia, Indonesia. Aviation turbine fuel ... 2. 9 Malaya, Iran, Persian Gulf Sheikdoms, Saudi Arabia. Diesel oil 6. 1 Malaya, Iran, Indonesia, Saudi Arabia. Peanut oil 5. 2 South Africa, India, Thailand. Wool yarn 7. 6 Japan, United Kingdom, Taiwan. Cotton sheeting, gray . . 8. Mainland China. Cotton shirting, gray, 4. 2 Mainland China, Japan. n.e.s. Iron/steel bars 13. 1 Japan, Mainland China, Australia, Taiwan, United Kingdom. Iron/steel joists, girders, 2.7 United Kingdom, Japan, angles. Belgium. Cement 9. 1 Mainland China, Japan, Taiwan, North Vietnam. Brass sheets, strip 2. 3 United Kingdom, Japan. Cable, electric power, 2. United Kingdom, paper insulated. Capital goods: Passenger motorcars 3. 2 United Kingdom, Italy, over 1,000 to 1,600 West Germany, cubic centimeters. Passenger motorcars 2. 5 West Germany, United over 1,600 to 2,200 Kingdom, cubic centimeters, n.e.s. = Not elsewhere specified. IMPORTS FROM PRINCIPAL SUPPLIERS, 1962 (In Millions of U. S. Dollars) ^^_- /\ United States / \ 139 / \ Others \ / United Kingdom \ 339 \ / 133 \ \ Thailand 53 ~Z^5g* \ 33 ^-^-^^^s Australia — \ ^-^~^ ^"^ / Switzerland — V ^ change 1959 to 1962 Market share, ' 1962, percent Total 100.4 132.9 +32 11.4 Electric machinery and appliances 13.3 18.5 +38 43 Textile yarn, fabrics, and made-up articles. 11.8 15.8 +34 9 9.3 15.8 +70 +57 -2 52 9.4 14.8 29 11.8 11.5 23 Explosives and miscellaneous chemical 7.8 6.9 — 12 19 Manufactures of metals 3.6 5.6 +53 40 Silver, platinum, gems, and jewelry 2.6 4.1 +61 8 Miscellaneous manufactured articles 2.8 3.4 +23 12 Medicinal and pharmaceutical products. . . 3.5 3.1 -11 16 3.0 2.9 -4 15 Dyeing, tanning and coloring materials. . . 2.4 2.6 +10 22 Chemical elements and compounds 2.7 2.5 -9 13 Essential oils, perfume, and toilet prepa- 1.8 2. 4 +34 +61 27 Nonmetallic mineral manufactures 1.4 2.2 10 1.4 2.2 +57 8 Metaliferous ores and metal scrap .2 2.1 +950 53 Scientific instruments, watches and clocks, photographic and optical goods. . 1.4 1.9 +39 5 1 Percentages based on Hong Kong figures. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. Table 29.— Imports of Foodstuffs, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Item 1959 1962 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, percent Principal suppliers Total 216,655 281, 572 +30 22, 375 8 39, 133 45, 509 +16 17 (') 14, 762 15, 147 +2 4,500 30 Beef, veal, lamb, mutton, pork, fresh, chilled. Poultry, fresh frozen or chilled Meat, fresh, frozen or chilled, n.e.s 2,688 3,044 3,387 3,277 1,943 423 19, 103 3,820 3,167 2,784 2,715 2,008 653 26,081 +42 +4 -18 -17 +fr +54 +36 66 2,790 1,434 9 51 150 749 2 88 52 3 23 3 Australia, mainland China. United States. Meat, smoked, dry, salted or not canned Meat canned Denmark, mainland China. Meat preparations Mainland China, United Kingdom. 4,533 1,431 1,050 281 10, 322 525 465 496 5,683 2,384 1,198 261 13,871 899 939 846 +25 +66 +14 -7 +34 +71 +101 +70 98 583 11 17 40 2 25 4 2 5 Eggs in shell, fresh Mainland China, Japan. United Kingdom. United Kingdom, Australia, Netherlands. See footnote at end of table. 73 Table 29. — Imports of Foodstuffs, 1959 and 1962 — Continued [US$ thousands, rounded] Item 1959 1962 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share. 1962, percent Principal suppliers Fish and fish preparations Fish, fresh, frozen or chilled Fish, salted, dried, or smoked Fish, canned Prawns and shrimps, fresh, chilled, frozen .... Seafood, fresh, chilled, frozen, n.e.s Seafood, salted, dried, or smoked Crustacea and mollusks, canned Fish and fish preparations, n.e.s Cereals and cereal preparation Wheat and spelt Rice, white, brokens, cargo, and glutinous. . . . Maize, unmilled Cereals, unmilled, n.e.s Wheat spelt flour Cereal flour, n.e.s Macaroni, spaghetti, noodles Bakery products Cereals and cereal preparations, n.e.s Fruits and vegetables Oranges and tangerines Citrus fruits, n.e.s Apples Grapes Fresh fruits, n.e.s Edible nuts and seeds Dried vine and tree fruits Canned and preserved fruits Fruit jams, jellies Fruit juices - Fruits, n.e.s Beans, peas, potatoes Fresh vegetables, n.e.s Fresh vegetables, dehydrated or evaporated Vegetable soups and juices, canned Vegetables, canned, n.e.s Vegetables, n.e.s Sugar and sugar preparations Sugar, refined and not refined Sugar confectionery Sugar and sugar preparations, n.e.s Coffee, tea, cocoa, spices and manufactures Coffee, roasted, unroasted, and extracts. . . . Cocoa beans, powder, and paste Chocolate Tea Cardamoms and saffron Spices, n.e.s Miscellaneous food preparations Shortening, margarine, and lard Soy sauce and other sauces Gourmet powder Food preparations, n.e.s Feedstuff's for animals 17, 759 5,640 5,550 872 2,221 243 2,226 1,000 7 55, 225 4,893 41,873 1,865 372 2,872 232 1,689 703 726 43, 465 5,621 468 1,649 560 3,919 3,259 1,767 2,284 209 329 29 9,821 6,024 3,722 134 852 2,818 10, 258 8,594 1,109 555 8,334 859 88 976 4,147 1,167 1,0.97 6,741 1,928 457 2,702 1,654 1,875 19, 488 +10 1,247 5,277 5,813 609 3,093 488 2,334 1,759 115 81,072 -6 +5 -30 +39 +100 +5 +76 +1,543 +47 1 29 61 6 (') 1,149 (') 1,015 7,816 56, 695 6,832 283 5,850 586 363 915 1,732 50, 233 +60 +35 +266 -24 +104 +152 -78 +30 +138 +16 150 164 551 7 4 121 18 10,941 9,023 648 2,730 1,204 5,049 3,200 1,641 2,344 232 460 10 6,786 6,802 6,024 192 1,062 2,826 19, 408 +60 +38 +66 +115 +29 -2 -7 +2 + 11 +40 -65 -31 +13 +62 +43 +24 +(') +89 6,871 434 502 933 108 46 363 333 7 332 1 71 337 33 177 391 2 557 17, 107 1,580 721 10,010 +99 +42 +30 +20 447 110 321 2,462 91 1,540 5,067 303 547 8,613 +186 +3 +58 +22 -74 -50 +28 254 29 31 7 1,641 3,063 778 2,481 2,291 6,010 +59 +70 -8 +38 +219 246 176 65 1,154 1,387 0) (') (') (') (') Mainland China. Japan, South Korea, mainland China. Japan. Mainland China, Macao. Macao, mainland China. Japan, mainland China. United States. Mainland China. Australia. Thailand, mainland China. Thailand. Australia. Canada, Japan. United Kingdom, West Germany. Mainland China, Thailand. United Kingdom. South Africa United States United States Japan, Mainland China, Australia, United States United States Philippines, Japan, Mainland China Mainland China Mainland China, United States United States, Mainland China United Kingdom, Australia United States Australia Burma, Mainland China Taiwan, Japan, Mainland China Japan, Mainland China United States United States, Taiwan, United Kingdom Mainland China, Taiwan Australia, Mainland China United Kingdom, United States United States, United Kingdom Brazil Netherlands United Kingdom, Netherlands Mainland China, Ceylon Thailand, Spain Mainland China, Malaya Netherlands United States, Japan Japan, Taiwan United States United States, Australia 1 Less than 1. n.e.s. = Not elsewhere specified. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. 74 Table 30.- — Imports of Beverages, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category Total Nonalcoholic beverages Wines Beer, ale, stout Brandy Whisky Gin, rum, liqueurs, bitters Chinese-type alcoholic beverages Alcoholic beverages, n.e.s 1959 4,907 10 435 1,647 817 704 262 1,004 28 1962 6,996 6 633 1,534 2,000 1,068 340 1,375 40 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +42 -40 +45 -7 +145 +52 +30 +37 +36 From United States, 1962 162 U.S. share, 1962, percent Principal supplier France France Denmark, Mainland China, Japan France United Kingdom United Kingdom, France Mainland China, Macao Japan, United Kingdom n.e.s. — Not elsewhere specified. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962. Hong Kong. Table 31. — Imports of Tobacco and Tobacco Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category 1959 1962 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, in per- cent Principal supplier Total Tobacco leaf Tobacco refuse Cigar and cheroots Cigarettes Pipe tobacco Chinese-type smoking tobacco Tobacco, n.e.s 13,994 19,013 +36 12,348 65 4,481 8,280 35 77 130 216 9,161 10,042 89 118 27 240 70 40 +84 5,122 +117 2 +66 23 +9 7,152 +32 49 +802 -42 (') (') United States, Rhodesia-Nyasaland Rhodesia-Nyasaland Philippines United States, United Kingdom United States, United Kingdom Macao Macao 1 Less than 1. n.e.s. — Not elsewhere specified. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Kong Hong. Table 32. — Imports of Mineral Fuels, 1959 and 1962 (US$ thousands, rounded] Category 1959 1962 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, in per- cent Principal supplier Total 33, 784 41,195 +22 1,415 3 2,739 242 2,919 1,473 672 272 3,229 3,191 2,917 13,715 1,413 88 914 2,825 225 2,180 474 2,913 419 4,447 1,639 6,165 15,801 2,865 189 1,053 +3 -7 -25 -68 +333 +54 +38 -48 +111 + 15 +102 + 115 + 15 5 1,255 62 93 1 44 33 9 West Germany. Malaya, Middle East. Malaya, Middle East. Malaya, Indonesia, Middle Eagt. Malaya. Malaya. Malaya, Indonesia, Middle East. Indonesia, Malaya. erlands. Mineral fuel, oil and wax, n.e.s Malaya, Taiwan, United Kingdom. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.8. = Not elsewhere specified. 75 Table 33. — Imports of Animal and Vegetable Oils, Fats, and Derivatives, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category 1959 1962 Percent change 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, per- cent Principal supplier Total 10, 566 16, 795 +59 6,870 40.9 102 246 150 4,856 258 3,212 902 557 283 112 156 209 9,048 4 5,189 1,315 610 152 +10 -36 +39 +86 -98 +61 +46 +9 -46 19 6,774 4 71 2 12 75 100 12 1 Animal oils and fats Linseed oil Australia United Kingdom United States South Africa, Rhodesia-Nyasaland Tung oil Mainland China Japan, Malaya, United Kingdom United Kingdom Source: Commerce & Industry Dept., Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.s. = Not elsewhere specified. Table 34. — Imports of Chemicals and Chemical Products, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category Total Chemical elements and compounds Inorganic acids Sodium compounds Titanium oxides Inorganic chemicals and compounds, n.e.s. . . Organic acids Menthol crystals Alcohols Dibutyl and dioctyl phthalate Plasticizers Organic compounds, n.e.s Dyeing, tanning, and coloring materials Coaltar dyestuffs Coloring materials not of coaltar Paints Dyeing, tanning and coloring materials, n.e.s Medicinal and pharmaceutical products Vitamins Antibiotics Pharmaceutical products, n.e.s Essential oils, perfume and toilet preparations . Essential oils Perfume and perfume materials Cosmetics Dentifrices Toilet preparations, n.e.s Soaps, detergents, and cleaning agents Polishes and waxes Chemical fertilizers 1959 68, 565 10, 121 213 1,772 768 4,221 214 495 206 99 357 1,776 10, 555 7,355 965 1,239 996 15,715 1,321 6,962 7,432 6,061 685 648 623 620 901 2,129 455 1,415 1962 97, 646 18,319 307 2,097 1,035 3,831 329 919 350 951 879 7,621 11,921 7,995 893 1,556 1,477 19, 587 1,630 7,242 10,715 8,846 539 1,008 802 698 1,590 3,715 494 2,069 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +42 +81 +43 +18 +34 -9 +54 +85 +70 +855 +146 +329 +12 +8 -7 +25 +48 +24 +23 +4 +44 +45 -21 +55 +28 +12 +76 +74 +8 +46 From United States, 1962 24, 783 1,432 75 482 68 195 3 9 152 34 414 459 79 66 174 140 8,265 1,097 4,726 2,442 3,136 57 138 264 289 679 1,587 122 U.S. share. 1962, percent 25 35 Principal supplier West Germany, United States Mainland China, United States, Europe, Japan, United Kingdom Japan, Germany, United Kingdom Australia, Japan, Europe Taiwan South Africa West Germany United Kingdom, Other Europe Japan, West Germany, Netherlands West Germany, Switzerland, Netherlands, United Kingdom United Kingdom, West Germany United Kingdom Japan, Mainland China United States United States, Italy United States, United Kingdom, West Ger- many, Switzerland Mainland China France United States, Japan United Kingdom, United States United States, United Kingdom United States, United Kingdom, Malaysia United Kingdom, United States France, West Germany 76 Table 34. — Imports of Chemicals and Chemical Products, 1959 and 1962 — Continued [US$ thousands, rounded] Category 1959 1962 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, percent Principal suppliers 15, 053 24, 795 +63 9,628 38 4,355 9,125 456 1,137 9,644 4,594 15, 720 1,698 2,783 12, 107 +5 +72 +272 +145 +25 1,114 8,220 12 282 1,854 24 52 10 15 United Kingdom, Canada, United States United States, Canada, United Kingdom United Kingdom, Japan United Kingdom, Netherlands Poly vinyl-chloride and vinyl copolymers Miscellaneous chemical products 159 1,969 4,228 3,288 1,057 2,249 4,148 4,653 +564 +14 -1 +41 523 1 786 544 49 1 18 11 United States, Japan Macao Japan, United Kingdom United Kingdom, West Germany Plastics film, tubes, sheets, scrap Other Source: Commerce & Industry Dept., Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.s.=Not elsewhere specified. Table 35. — Imports of Hides, Leather, and Leather Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category 1959 1962 Percent change 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, per- cent Principal supplier Total 6,449 5,856 -9 1,123 19 Sole leather 945 1,427 3,111 232 437 140 157 789 781 3,046 195 472 130 443 -16 -45 -2 -15 +8 -7 +181 1 11 763 122 95 22 109 1 25 62 20 16 24 Cambodia, Australia Australia States Leather, n.e.s Japan, France United Kingdom Canada, United States 1 Lees than 1. n.e.s. — Not elsewhere specified. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. Table 36. — Imports of Rubber and Rubber Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category 1959 1962 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, percent Principal suppliers Total 6,392 7,347 +14 952 13 Rubber smoked sheets 2,467 1,080 254 158 92 489 1,282 147 62 361 1,976 799 757 186 178 1,152 1,329 210 210 550 -19 -26 +198 +17 +94 +135 +3 +42 +237 +52 387 3 114 243 110 11 (') 84 51 1 64 21 8 5 15 Rubber crepe Other crude rubber Rubber fabricated sheets Other rubber fabricated materials Rubber tires and tubes United States, United Kingdom, Japan, West Germany United Kingdom, Japan Rubber belts and belting Foam rubber articles United Kingdom, United States, Japan n.e.s. = Not elsewhere specified. ' Less than 1. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. 77 Table 37. — Imports of Wood, Lumber, Cork, and Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category Total Fuelwood sawdust Charcoal Hardwoods in the round Hardwoods, shaped Other woods in the round Other woods, shaped Logs, n.e.s Cord blocks and sheets Plywood Hardboard fiber Insulating board Wood manufactures, n.e.s., excluding furniture Cork manufactures, n.e.s 1959 17, 800 1,747 2,257 5,406 494 381 2,152 657 110 2,811 391 116 1,080 198 1962 19, 628 811 1,940 8,174 765 480 2,120 391 75 1,814 551 128 2,012 367 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +10 -53 -14 +51 +54 +25 -1 -40 -31 -35 +40 +10 +86 +85 From United States, 1962 134 109 13 12 U.S. share, 1962, percent (') Principal suppliers Malaysia. Malaysia. Malaysia. Malaysia. Thailand, India. 5 Burma. Mainland China, Taiwan Portugal. Japan, Mainland China. Sweden. 9 Sweden, Taiwan. 1 Mainland China. Portugal. 1 Less than 1. n.e.s. — Not elsewhere specified. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. Table 38. — Imports of Pulp, Paper, and Paper Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category Total Pulp Waste paper Newsprint paper, rolls, and sheets Printing and writing paper, rolls and sheets. . . Packing and wrapping paper, rolls and sheets Paperboard Impregnated paper Cigarette paper Strawboard Paper containers Envelopes, notepaper Joss paper Toilet paper, napkins, etc Other paper and paperboard articles 1959 20,335 368 3,045 4,078 2,503 2,625 560 157 1,085 368 68 1,803 700 2,975 1962 27, 458 298 3,990 5,618 2,485 5,828 788 438 1,120 473 137 1,610 1,120 3,553 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +35 -19. +31 +38 -1 + 122 +40 +178 +3 +28 +101 -10 +60 +19 From United States, 1962 3,050 280 17 122 87 1,610 105 295 105 22 225 182 U.S. share, 1962, percent (') 94 2 3 27 13 68 22 16 20 5 Principal suppliers None. United States. Mainland China, Scandinavia. Japan, Mainland China, United Kindgom. Scandinavia, Japan, Mainland China. Japan, United States, Scandinavia. Japan. United States. Taiwan. Japan. United Kingdom. Mainland China. United Kingdom, United States, Norway. United Kingdom, Norway. 1 Less than 1. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. 78 Table 39. — Imports of Principal Textile Cate- gories, 1959 and 1962 [US$ millions, rounded] Textile 1959 1962 Percent change 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, in percent Total 214.4 263.0 +22 22.3 8 Fibers 46.8 34.7 101.0 20.3 11.6 76.5 22.9 117.0 29.1 17.4 +63 -34 +16 +43 +50 12.4 0.04 6.1 0.9 2.9 16 2 Fabrics Made-up articles Clothing 5 3 16 Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. Table 40.— Imports of Textile Fibers, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Fiber 1959 1962 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, percent Principal supplier Total 46, 809 76, 480 +63 12, 359 16.2 36, 301 195 3,712 309 939 668 179 4,506 59, 847 1,871 10,117 1,193 1,387 658 366 1,041 +64 +858 +172 +285 +47 -1 +103 -76 12,241 0.5 10 107 20 (') 3 10 Burma, Mexico. Australia, Japan, Uruguay Raw silk hanks Mainland China, Japan Manmade fibers United Kingdom, Japan I Less than 1 percent. n.e.s. = Not elsewhere specified. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. Table 41. — Imports of Textile Yarns, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category Total Woolen yarn Cotton yarn, singles, grey Cotton yarn, plied, grey. Other cotton yarns Cotton thread Cellulosic yarn Polyamide yarn Acrylic yarn Other manmade yarns. . . Textile yarn, n.e.s 1959 34, 738 3,216 26, 058 193 980 1,435 2,030 1 75 750 1962 22, 890 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 -34 10,210 +217 3,868 1,523 } -79 193 1,400 +42 1,663 + 15 2,923 +43 315 +31,400 175 +133 620 -16 From United States, 1962 •11 U.S. share, 1962, percent 0) (') (') Principal supplier Japan Taiwan, Pakistan, Japan Taiwan, Japan United Kingdom Japan, United Kingdom Mainland China, Taiwan, United Kingdom Taiwan Japan Japan Japan 1 Less than 1. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.s. — Not elsewhere specified. 79 Table 42.— Imports of Fabrics, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Fabric Cotton sheeting, grey Cotton poplin and broadcloth, grey. . . . Cotton shirting, grey Cotton fabrics grey, n.e.s Cotton ginghams Cotton corduroy Cotton sheeting, not grey Cotton poplin and broadcloth, not grey Cotton shirting, not grey Cotton twill and sateen, not grey Cotton yarn dyed fabric Cotton fabrics, not grey, n.e.s Silk fabrics Wool fabrics Linen fabrics Rayon fabrics, continuous filament .... Rayon fabrics, spun Polyester fabrics, continuous filament. . Polyester fabrics, spun Nylon fabrics, continuous filament .... Nylon fabrics, spun Knitted fabrics, n.e.s Fabrics, n.e.s 1959 100, 979 7,795 1,433 3,240 2,275 ' 41,995 6,090 14, 870 1,572 6,037 9,189 728 164 927 975 2,042 1,648 1962 116,567 8,003 1,277 4,269 1,561 1,662 1,916 1,871 19, 106 3,486 2,558 2,272 7,029 8,972 19, 339 549 6,961 9,091 6,413 2,298 2,291 890 3,878 876 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +15 +2 -10 +31 -31 +47 +30 -65 +15 -1 +781 +1,304 +147 -8 +89 -46 From United States, 1962 6,064 13 34 4 7 97 247 76 172 568 117 240 1 1,283 230 1,053 743 635 299 191 54 U.S. share 1962, percent Principal supplier Mainland China. Mainland China, Japan. Mainland China, Japan. Mainland China. Japan. Japan. Mainland China, Japan. Japan, mainland China. Japan, mainland China. Japan. Japan. Japan, mainland China. Mainland China, Japan. United Kingdom, Japan, Italy. United Kingdom. Japan, United States, mainland China. Japan, mainland China. Japan, United States, United Kingdom, Canada. Japan, United States. Japan, United States, Italy. Japan, United States. United Kingdom, Italy, West Germany. United Kingdom, Japan. 1 Less than 1. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.s. — Not elsewhere specified. Table 43. — Imports of Textile Made-up Articles, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category Total Lace and ribbons Rubberized and plastic coated articles Elastic and webbing Cordage Gunny and other bags Blankets, quilts, and bedspreads Sheets and pillow cases Towels Tablecloths and napkins Tapestries and carpets Other 1959 20, 327 789 2,283 1,188 1,699 1,135 823 279 940 7,788 1,731 1,672 1962 29, 120 1,340 3.642 1,528 1,597 1,336 1,378 1,142 2,787 8,903 1,338 4,129 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +43 +69 +59 +28 -6 +17 +67 +309 +196 +14 -22 +146 From United States, 1962 860 124 78 77 3 1 66 207 108 6 190 U.S. share 1962, percent Principal suppliers Japan, mainland China. Japan. Japan. Mainland China, West Germany. Mainland China. Japan. Mainland China. Mainland China, Mainland China. Mainland China. Mainland China, Japan. 1 Less than 1. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. 80 Table 44.— Imports of Clothing, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Clothing 1959 1962 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share 1962, percent Principal supplier Total S tockinge and socks Shirts, knit Shirts, not knit Swimsuits and trunks Underwear, men's Underwear, women's and children's Nightwear, men's, women's and children's Jacket, jumper, sweater, men's Jacket, jumper, sweater, women's Jacket, jumper, sweater, children's Blouses, jumpers Dresses, frocks, gowns, and skirts Suits, slacks, shorts, jeans and overalls. . . Outerwear and overcoats Gloves and mittens Hats and headgear Handkerchiefs Neckties Scarves, shawls, mufflers Clothing, n.e.s 11,587 17, 365 +50 2,941 727 359 1,432 569 584 176 2,635 908 180 348 811 267 291 1,914 117 586 317 1,211 858 2,652 90 1,421 438 421 1,018 2,935 269 628 776 474 795 217 368 1,607 136 792 259 +66 +138 +85 +59 +218 +139 +60 -30 +331 +36 -2 -18 +26 -16 +16 +35 -18 148 781 726 53 164 183 42 156 208 8 24 59 53 105 7 9 11 103 5 96 16 Taiwan, Japan United States Mainland China, United States United States Mainland China United States, mainland China Mainland China, United States. United Kingdom Mainland China, United Kingdom, Japan Japan United Kingdom, Japan Mainland China, Japan Japan Mainland China Mainland China Mainland China Mainland China Japan, mainland China United States Japan United States Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.s.=Not elsewhere specified. Table 45. — Imports of Nonmetallic Minerals and Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category Total Lime Cement Asbestos cement products for building Asbestos manufactures, not building materials Worked building stone Bricks and tiles of brick earth Wall, floor tiles, etc., not of brick earth Carbon products Glass containers Tableware glass Tableware products — glass, porcelain, clay . . . Sheetglass Plate and wired glass Glass articles, n.e.s Other 1959 17,080 472 6,842 892 228 263 647 1,295 228 315 385 2,555 1,050 228 560 1,120 1962 22,873 700 9,135 998 350 350 910 1,995 420 735 718 2,695 1,102 438 542 1,785 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +34 +48 +33 +12 +53 +33 +40 +54 +84 +133 +86 +5 +5 +92 -3 +59 From United States, 1962 490 35 17 8 35 122 105 12 35 35 87 U.S. share, 1962, percent (') (') Principal suppliers Mainland China, Japan. Mainland China, Japan, Taiwan. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. Italy. Mainland China. Japan, East Germany. Japan. Japan. Mainland China, United States, Japan. Mainland China, Japan. Mainland China, Japan. United Kingdom. Italy, United Kingdom, Japan. Mainland China, United Kingdom, Japan. > Less than 1. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. N.e.s. — Not elsewhere specified. 81 Table 46. — Imports of Jewelry, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category Total Platinum Precious stones except diamonds, cut and uncut Jade, uncut Jade, cut, polished, unset Semiprecious stones, except jade, uncut Semiprecious stones, except jade, cut, polished, unset Synthetic precious stones Diamonds, cut, polished, unset Natural and cultured pearls Jewelry of precious metals, n.e.s Silver and goldsmiths' wares, n.e.s Metal watchbands Imitation jewelry Imitation precious stones, glass 1959 28, 784 298 280 70 752 35 122 14 25, 288 1,015 51 385 123 263 88 1962 53, 323 245 228 420 578 245 245 52 47, 372 2,415 403 403 245 315 157 Percent change, X959 to 1962 +85 -17 -18 +500 -23 +600 +100 +271 +87 +138 +690 +4 +99 +19 +78 From United States, 1962 4,810 1 11 18 4,288 5 125 210 70 122 U.S. share, 1962, percent (') 0) Principal supplier West Germany India, Malaya, Ceylon Burma Mainland China Mozambique, West Germany, Belgium Mexico, mainland China, Japan Thailand Belgium, South Africa, Israel, United States, United Kingdom Japan Italy United States, United Kingdom Switzerland, Japan, United States United States, Japan Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom 1 Less than 1. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.s. =Not elsewhere specified. Table 47. — Imports of Metalliferous Ores, Scrap, and Base Metals, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Item Total Metalliferous ores and scrap, total Metalliferous ores j-Iron and steel scrap Brass and bronze scrap Other metal scrap Base metals, worked and unworked, total Pig sponge iron Iron and steel ingots, blooms, slabs, bars Iron and steel joists, girders, angles Iron and steel wire, rods Iron steel bars, tubes, pipes Iron 6teel sheets and plates Iron or steel sheets and plates Iron or steel cast tubes and pipes Blackplate Tinplate primes, waste, strips, and n.e.s Galvanized sheets Ferroalloys Other iron and steel products Copper plates, tubes, pipes, bars, rods, wire Brass sheets, strips, bars, rods, tubes Other copper and brass, including bronze products See footnote at end of table. 1959 38, 230 2,322 115 1,264 449 494 35, 908 490 147 1,365 1,960 6,527 2,117 630 1,470 4,830 2,380 980 595 892 490 2,957 117 1962 53, 132 4,057 2,747 781 441 49,075 315 385 2,713 2,573 15, 400 2,660 1,225 1,312 3,920 2,432 1,382 507 630 1,050 3,920 805 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +39 +75 -23 +118 +73 -11 +36 -35 +161 +98 +31 +135 +25 +94 -10 -18 +2 +41 -14 -29 +114 +32 +588 From United States, 1962 3,008 118 36 82 2,890 74 7 3 245 1 1,470 717 26 4 42 16 12 U.S. share, 1962, percent (>) 20 (') Principal suppliers Mainland China, United States United Kingdom South Korea United Kingdom Mainland China Mainland China, United Kingdom United Kingdom, Japan Japan, United Kingdom Japan, Mainland China, United Kingdom Japan, United Kingdom United Kingdom, Japan, United States United Kingdom United States, United Kingdom, Japan, Australia United Kingdom, United States, Australia Japan Sweden Japan, United Kingdom United Kingdom, Japan United Kingdom, Japan Japan, United Kingdom 82 Table 47. — Imports of Metalliferous Ores, Scrap, and Base Metals, 1959 and 1962 — Continued [US$ thousands, rounded] Item Base metals, worked and unworked, total — Con. Nickel products Aluminum, unwrought Aluminum wire, plates, foil Other aluminum products Lead products Zinc products Tin products Other base metal products, n.e.s 1959 472 4,830 945 210 93 945 402 64 1962 262 3,167 1,645 437 122 1,207 490 516 Percent chmge, 1959 to 1962 -44 +34 +74 + 108 +31 +27 +21 +705 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, percent Principal suppliers United Kingdom, United States Canada Japan, United Kingdom United Kingdom Mainland China Australia Malaysia, Mainland China Japan 1 Less than 1 percent. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.s.=Not elsewhere specified. Table 48. — Imports of Metal Manufactures, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Category Total Window and door frames Finished structural parts for building Locks and keys Venetian blinds Household fittings, n.e.s Hand tools and implements Nuts, bolts, screws, nails Wire cable, uninsulated Wire netting Chains Household utensils Cutlery Pins and needles Metal containers for storage Marine hardware Welding electrodes Safes, cash boxes, and vault fittings. Other manufactures of metal 1959 10, 359 1,172 350 490 192 507 892 1,032 543 280 210 648 1,103 175 280 228 490 88 1,679 1962 13,956 2,432 578 595 194 613 1,470 1,102 665 437 455 578 945 228 245 508 455 420 2,036 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +34 +107 +65 +21 +1 +20 +64 +6 +22 +56 +116 -10 -14 +30 -12 +122 -7 +377 +21 From United States, 1962 1,475 140 123 105 88 105 18 2 70 17 35 70 35 88 5 228 338 U.S. share. 1962, percent (») Principal supplier United Kingdom. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. United States, Netherlands. United Kingdom. United Kingdom, Japan, West Germany. Japan, mainland China, United Kingdom. United Kingdom. Malaya, Belgium. West Germany. Mainland China, United Kingdom. Japan, United Kingdom. West Germany. United Kingdon, France, Malaya. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. United States, United Kingdom. Japan, United Kingdom, United States. 1 Less than 1. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trade Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.s. = Not elsewhere specified. 83 Table 49. — Imports of Machinery and Transport Equipment, 1959 and 1962 [US$ thousands, rounded] Item Total Nonelectric machinery and parts Steam generating boilers and parts Steam engines and parts Aircraft engines and parts Marine engines, diesel and outboard Engines and parts, n.e.s Agricultural machinery Typewriters Accounting machines Office machinery and parts, n.e.s Metalworking machinery, including machine tools and parts Pumps, liquid, air and gas, and parts Forklift and other industrial trucks Mechanical handling equipment, elevators, es- calators Parts for mechanical handling equipment, eleva- tors, escalators Construction machinery and parts Mining and oil-drilling machinery and parts. . . Printing and bookbinding machinery Textile machinery and parts Sewing machines, industrial and household, and parts Air conditioners Air conditioning and refrigeration equipment and parts Nonelectric machinery and parte, n.e.s Electrical machinery and parts Generators and motors Transformers, converters, and rectifiers Switchgear switchboards Parts for above machinery and equipment Batteries, tubes, and bulbs Commercial radio and radar equipment Transistor radios Radio sets and parts Television sets Radiograms Telegraphy apparatus Electric fans Miscellaneous household appliances and parts. . Cable and wire for electricity Electrical machinery and parts, n.e.s See footnote at end of table. 1959 74, 637 30, 981 517 1,113 738 1,807 1,172 239 874 552 370 727 947 44 2,052 574 280 104 775 8,700 3,165 1,523 1,297 3,411 26, 549 1,839 832 1,415 120 1,552 504 7,496 52 835 1,935 1,022 829 4,801 3,317 1962 124, 403 51,159 3,108 1,407 2,107 2,899 1,738 889 1,534 995 659 1,626 1,427 448 2,604 3,062 2,073 509 1,475 7,944 1,762 2,726 2,814 7,353 42, 944 1,610 2,499 2,273 568 2,011 1,010 5,616 7,856 976 1,116 3,365 2,174 1,725 5,134 5,011 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 +66 +65 +501 +26 +185 +60 +48 +271 +75 +80 +78 +123 +50 +902 +26 +433 +638 +388 +90 -44 +79 +116 +115 +61 -12 +200 +60 +374 +29 +100 +79 +1, 764 +33 +73 +112 +108 +6 +51 From United States, 1962 20, 232 12, 995 102 14 1,903 662 250 349 201 577 158 152 222 246 162 101 853 9 235 645 436 2,650 2,251 817 1,446 53 6 1 2 158 95 50 412 1 17 105 319 8 219 U.S. share, 1962, percent 16 25 5.2 W 5 (') (») (>) w Principal suppliers United Kingdom. United Kingdom. United States. United Kingdom, United States, Japan. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. West Germany, Netherlands, United States. United States, Italy. United Kingdom, United States. West Germany, United Kingdom, Japan. United Kingdom, West Germay. United States. Italy, Belgium, United Kingdom. Switzerland, Japan. United States, Japan. West Germany, Japan. West Germany, Netherlands, United King- dom. Japan, West Germany. Japan, West Germany. United States. United States. United Kingdom, Japan. United Kingdom, West Germany. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. Australia, United Kingdom. Japan, Netherlands. United Kingdom, Switzerland. Japan. Japan. United Kingdom, Japan. Japan. United Kingdom. Japan. United Kingdom, Japan. United Kingdom. United Kingdom, Japan. 84 Table 49. — Imports of Machinery and Transport Equipment, 1959 and 1962 — Continued [US$ thousands, rounded] Item 1959 1962 Percent change, 1959 to 1962 From United States, 1962 U.S. share, 1962, percent Principal suppliers Transport equipment Railroad cars and parts Automobiles not over 1,000 cc Automobiles, 1,000 to 1,600 cc Automobiles, 1,600 to 2,200 cc Automobiles, 2,200 to 2,800 cc Automobiles, over 2,800 cc Motorcycles and scooters Buses Delivery trucks Special purpose trucks Chassis, engine mounted, of buses and trucks Parts and accessories for motor vehicles Aircraft complete Aircraft parts Ships and boats Transport equipment and parts n.e.s , 17, 106 30, 300 +77 5,791 19.1 55 677 2,746 834 1,002 609 339 96 480 248 2,217 1,432 2,246 2,917 1,208 1,224 1,461 3,184 2,468 1,261 1,006 378 514 1,564 426 3,520 3,056 3,675 1,119 3,879 1,565 +2, 127 +116 +16 +195 +25 +65 +11 +436 +225 +72 +58 +113 -50 +32 +29 134 163 2 60 36 3 101 3,675 929 674 14 (>) (') 3 100 83 17 (') United Kingdom. United Kingdom, France. United Kingdom, Italy, West Germany. West Germany, United Kingdom. United Kingdom, Canada, West Germany. Canada, United Kingdom, United States. Japan, Italy. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. United Kingdom. United Kingdom, West Germany. United States. United States. United Kingdom, United States. United Kingdom. i Less than 1. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Trace Statistics, December 1959 and December 1962, Hong Kong. n.e.s=Not elsewhere specified. cc=cubic centimeters. 85 APPENDIX A Selected Economic Data Table Al. — Principal Trade Items, January Through September, 1962 and 1963 [US$ millions, rounded] Items January through September, 1962 January through September, 1963 Percent change Trade, total 1, 422. 5 1, 583. 5 +11 Imports: Textile yarn, fabrics, and made-up Textile fiber 121.1 54.7 64.2 35.7 32.1 149.5 89.0 43.7 16.9 18.1 136.6 65.7 60.1 42.8 43.7 179.4 102.2 48.8 21.1 18.7 +14 +20 -6 +20 +36 +20 +15 Electric machinery and equipment. . . . Exports and reexports: Clothing Textile yarn, fabrics and made-up +12 +25 +3 Electric machinery and equipment. . . Table A2. — Principal Trading Partners, January Through September, 1962 and 1963 [US$ millions, rounded] Partners Trade, total. . . Imports, total Mainland China. Japan United Kingdom United States . . . Western Europe. Southeast Asia . . Other Exports, total United States. . . United Kingdom Southeast Asia . . Western Europe. Japan Mainland China. Other Reexports, total Southeast Asia . . Japan Western Europe. Mainland China. United Kingdom United States. . . Other January through September. 1962 1, 422. 1 862.0 147.7 140.4 97.6 109.1 114.3 105.5 147.4 424.9 113.5 94.6 65.3 43.8 9.3 1.2 97.3 135.2 52.9 17.2 7.0 11.5 2.9 3.9 39.3 January through September. 1963 1, 572. 936.8 179.1 152.9 111.7 99.2 117.0 102.5 174.4 487.4 123.8 112.4 68.2 59.5 15.0 1.1 107.5 147.8 56.1 23.4 9.4 9.3 5.0 4.6 40.1 Percent change +11 +9 +22 +10 +15 -9 +3 -2 +19 +16 +10 +20 +5 +37 +63 -3 +11 +10 +7 +37 +25 -19 +75 +18 +3 Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Monthly Report for October 1963, Hong Kong. Source: American Consulate General, Hong Kong, Quarterly Economic Summary — Third Quarter 1963, Hong Kong. 86 Table A3. — Trends in the U.S. Share of the Hong Kong Market, by Commodity and Competitor, First 9 Months 1963 Compared to First 9 Months 1962 1 Commodity Imports, total. United States. . . . Communist China . . Japan United Kingdom. Thailand West Germany. . . Malaysia Australia Cotton, raw . United States. Pakistan Brazil Cigarettes . United States. . . . United Kingdom . Malaysia Diamonds, cut, polished, unset United States. Belgium Israel Oranges, tangerines. United States Communist China. South Africa Tobacco leaf. United States Rhodesia-Ny asaland . India Air conditioners. United States. Japan Italy Polythene molding com- pounds United States . Japan Canada Soybean oil. United States. . United Kingdom . Taiwan Pharmaceutical products . United States. . . United Kingdom. Switzerland 862, 022 109, 134 147, 691 140, 430 97, 622 42, 313 24, 703 18,656 26, 715 41, 840 1962 (first 9 months) Value! US$000 11,236 5,028 8,536 7,723 5,516 2,157 1 34,000 2,995 13, 278 6,647 7,024 5,875 460 127 5,984 3,705 1,482 110 2,417 2,341 33 13,628 7,572 638 2,636 6,719 4,448 6,330 Share of market, percent 1,594 1,508 766 100 935, 349 13 17 16 11 5 3 2 3 100 27 12 20 100 (<) 100 9 39 20 100 84 7 2 100 62 25 2 100 100 56 5 19 100 66 100 1963 (first 9 months) Value » US$000 99, 011 179,033 152, 671 111,521 36, 480 24,913 24, 096 23, 501 51, 635 7,427 18, 649 6,252 8,912 6,453 2,427 24 37, 466 6,256 12, 573 10,014 6,717 4,593 771 388 6,021 3,516 1,501 154 3,126 2,996 49 43 8,915 2,578 3,045 1,644 2,378 2,368 5 2 6,324 2,207 1,310 754 Share of market, percent 100 11 19 16 12 4 3 3 3 100 14 36 12 100 100 17 34 27 100 68 11 6 100 58 25 3 100 100 29 34 18 100 100 100 Percent, first 9 months 1963 (+) or (-) first 9 months 1962 3 +9 -9 +22 +10 +15 -13 +2 +30 -11 +25 -33 +273 -26 +16 +18 +14 +25 +11 +11 -5 +52 -21 +69 +208 +2 -4 +2 +41 +30 +29 +50 -34 -65 +381 -37 -64 -46 +1 +40 -22 -1 Commodity Antibiotics United States Italy United Kingdom Poultry, fresh, frozen or chilled United States Communist China Denmark Fabrics of wool United States United Kingdom Japan Polystyrene and styrene co- polymers United States Canada United Kingdom Air conditioning, refrigerat- ing equipment, n.e.s., and parts United States United Kingdom West Germany Ginseng United States Japan Communist China Food waste and prepared animal feed, n.e.s United States United Kingdom Communist China Fabrics, terylene type, con- tinuous filament United States Japan United Kingdom Paperboard United States Japan Sweden Food preparations, n.e.s. . . . United States South Africa Communist China 1962 (first 9 months) Value » US$000 6,270 4,148 763 521 2,371 2,111 118 9 12,460 197 4,779 3,574 3,481 764 967 993 1,645 1,325 110 66 2,642 1,400 566 272 1,219 954 92 7 4,895 1,005 2,608 574 4,358 1,191 1,516 505 1,303 863 94 124 Share of market, percent 100 100 89 5 100 100 22 28 29 100 80 7 4 100 100 78 8 1 100 21 53 12 100 27 35 11 100 1963 (first 9 months) Value 2 US$000 4,170 2,164 737 374 2,380 1,922 166 118 16, 349 1,693 5,276 4,629 4,280 1,681 1,130 637 2,042 1,657 233 61 2,685 1,593 406 260 1,439 1,242 92 28 8,094 1,177 5,361 958 4,574 1,089 1,802 550 1,538 972 143 142 Share of market, percent 100 100 81 7 5 100 100 100 81 11 3 100 100 100 14 66 11 100 24 39 12 100 Percent, first 9 months 1963 ( + ) or (-) first 9 months 1962 3 -32.9 -47 -3 -28 +1.3 -8 +42 +14 +30 +767 +11 +30 +24 +122 +17 -35 +25 +26 +114 -6 +2 +14 -27 -3 +19 +31 +1 +293 +66 +18 + 107 +68 +6 -8 +20 +10 +19 +14 +53 +16 See footnotes at end of table. 724-347 O — 64- 87 Table A3. — Trends in the U.S. Share of the Hong Kong Market, by Commodity and Competitor, First 9 Months 1963 Compared to First 9 Months 1962 1 — Continued Commodity Lubricating oil. United States United Kingdom France, Netherlands West Indies Vitamins . United States. . . Switzerland United Kingdom . Fabrics, rayon type, continu- ous filament United States Japan Communist China . Fountain pens . United States West Germany. . . . Communist China . Crustacea and mollusks, canned United States. Japan South Africa. . 1962 (first 9 months) V*lue » US$000 Upper leather. United States Malaysia Communist China . Iron and Steel, blackplate 29 BG and lighter United States. . . . Japan United Kingdom. Films, not movie. United States. . . . United Kingdom . Japan Toilet preparations, n.e.s. United States. . . . United Kingdom . Japan Excavating machinery, com- plete United States. . . . United Kingdom . Switzerland 2,350 919 653 1,226 835 6 92 5,150 1,148 2,721 640 1,200 769 69 162 1,275 818 256 179 2,232 572 122 2,579 Share of market, percent 1,054 198 783 853 428 190 114 1,149 475 462 105 457 269 101 100 100 100 22 53 12 100 100 64 20 14 100 1963 (first 9 months) Value « US$000 1,800 953 430 227 1,475 932 167 76 5,961 906 3,332 593 1,323 880 225 108 1,230 100 40 7 30 100 50 22 13 100 100 849 191 160 2,445 767 437 275 2,440 722 779 574 1,405 711 241 203 1,475 665 552 132 788 Sh^re of market, percent 661 109 17 100 13 100 100 15 56 10 100 100 69 15 13 100 100 29 32 23 100 50 17 14 100 100 Percent, first 9 months 1963 ( + ) or (-) first 9 months 1963 3 -23 +5 -34 +21 +12 +2, 821 -16 +16 -20 +23 -4 +11 +15 +230 -33 -3 +5 -25 -10 +10 +35 +260 -4 -31 +297 -26 +66 +67 +27 +80 +29 +41 +20 +27 +73 +148 +9 Commodity Meat, fresh, frozen or chilled, n.e.s United States Communist China Denmark Sugar confectionery United States Communist China United Kingdom Sports goods United States United Kingdom Australia Domestic refrigerators, elec trie United StateB Italy Japan Textile machinery, n.e.s. and parts United States Japan West Germany Apples United States Australia Japan Films, not exposed, movie . . United States Italy United Kingdom Aircraft engine parts United States Canada United Kingdom Sanitary and plumbing fix tures of metal United States United Kingdom West Germany Wheat spelt flour United States Canada Japan 1962 (first 9 months) Value J US$000 2,099 1,137 193 365 1,048 330 166 275 927 582 242 1,998 457 688 208 3,606 295 1,593 969 1,950 307 812 454 909 449 127 69 1,440 1,332 103 4 1,047 344 335 202 4,668 416 1,604 1,813 Share of market, percent 100 54 9 17 100 31 16 26 100 100 100 8 44 26 100 15 41 23 100 49 14 7 100 100 32 32 19 100 1963 (first 9 months) Value » US$000 1,582 582 573 139 1,781 565 485 307 985 551 233 95 2,271 532 1,037 343 3,838 519 1,556 943 2,577 518 934 573 993 473 164 110 465 462 3 ( 6 ) 1,358 452 300 246 3,621 422 1,618 951 Share of market, percent 100 36 36 8 100 31 20 17 100 100 100 13 40 24 100 20 36 22 100 47 16 11 100 100 33 22 18 100 Percent, first 9 months, 1963 (+) or(-), first 9 months 1962 3 See footnotes at end of table. 88 Table A3. — Trends in the U.S. Share of the Hong Kong Market, by Commodity and Competitor, First 9 Months 1963 Compared to First 9 Months 1962 ' — Continued Commodity Grapes . United State South Africa Communist China . Parts and machinery, n.e.s. United States. . . Japan United Kingdm. Citrus fruits, n.e.s. United States Communist China . Thailand 1962 (6rst 9 months) Value » US$000 573 364 155 47 3,033 383 345 1,523 410 Knitted fabrics of textile fibers, n.e.s United States. . . United Kngdom. Italy Aircraft parts . United States. . Canada United Kingdom. 312 71 13 2,442 Share of market, percent 100 100 100 118 1,139 634 977 808 85 61 100 100 1963 (6rst 9 months) Value » US$000 652 416 123 103 2,739 412 707 692 474 388 74 11 2,978 384 1,428 744 415 320 55 35 Share of market, percent 100 100 100 100 100 Percent, first 9 months 1963 (+) or (-), first 9 months 1963 3 +14 +15 -20 + 121 +8 +106 -54 +16 +25 +5 -1 +23 +226 +26 +18 -57 -60 -34 -41 Commodity Internal combustion engines, n.e.s. and parts United States United Kingdom Japan Industrial sewing machines . United States Japan West Germany Milk, dry skimmed United States Australia New Zealand Cotton fabrics, not grey n.e.s United States Japan Taiwan Ball point pens United States Japan Italy Fruits, canned United States Communist China Taiwan 1962 (first 9 months) Value ' US$000 722 168 464 34 548 229 121 114 452 334 16 91 5,530 475 3,543 339 445 254 40 22 432 249 55 45 Share of market, percent 100 23 64 4 100 42 22 21 100 73 3 20 100 9 64 6 100 57 9 5 100 1963 (first 9 months) Value » US$000 752 314 338 44 939 313 239 219 413 312 84 15 5,059 295 2,257 1,292 490 282 106 36 548 282 98 78 Share of market, percent 100 41 45 5 100 33 25 23 100 76 20 3 100 6 44 26 100 57 21 7 100 Percent, first 9 months 1963(f) or(-) first 9 months 1962 3 +5 +88 -26 +31 +72 +37 +98 +93 -8 -6 +427 -83 -8 -37 -36 +284 +11 +12 +170 +66 +27 +14 +78 +76 1 Rank based on statistics for first 9 months of 1963. » Exchange rates used: First 9 months, 1963 US$1.00 = HK$5.765; First 9 months, 1962 US$1.00 = HK$5.716. 3 Percentages based on HK$ — figures to avoid distortion resulting from US$ = HK$ fluctuations. 4 Less than 0.1 percent of market. s Less than US$1,000. Source: American Consulate General, Hong Kong, Trends in U.S. Share of Market, complied by Harold Champeau from Hong Kong Trade Statistics published by Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong. Notes: BG= British Gage. n.e.s. =Not elsewhere specified. Table A4. — Construction Completed, January Through September, 1962 and 1963 [US$ millions, rounded] Type of construction January through September 1962 January through September 1963 Percent change Total 38.7 40.7 +6.0 6.4 3.0 21.8 5.9 1.6 5.6 .6 26.7 5.8 2.0 —12.7 -79.4 +23.7 -1.5 +31.5 Source: American ConBulate General, Hong Kong, Quarterly Economic Summary — Third Quarter 1963. December 1963. 89 Table A5. — Hong Kong Government Revenues and Expenditures, Fiscal 1959 Through 1962 and Approved Estimate, Fiscal 1963 x [Hong Kong dollars] Item 1959 1960 1961 1962 Approved estimate, 1963 ' 664,635,001 709,953,995 859, 234, 131 845,297,629 1,030,447,880 953,205,237 1,253,064,584 1,113,276,099 1,197,065,000 1, 360, 040, 510 -45, 318, 994 +13,936,502 +77,242,643 +139, 788, 485 -162,975,510 I Fiscal year runs from April through March. Source: Government Printer, Hong Kong, Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure 1st April 1962 to 31st March 1963, Hong Kong. Government Printer, Hong Kong. Hong Kong Government Gazette, 21 June 1963. Hong Kong. Table A6. — Currency and Banking, End of Year, 1959-62 [HK$ millions, rounded] ' Item 1959 1960 1961 1962 896 984 1,027 1,042 2,056 2,682 3,367 4,311 1,205 482 369 86 775 1,373 133 1,393 752 537 136 930 1,720 166 1,470 1,234 663 114 1,041 2,334 232 1,664 1,768 879 Banking assets: 162 Net balances with other banks. . . . 1,482 2,849 191 >HK$1=US $0,175. Source: Government Printer, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Government Gazette, Vital Statistics Supplement February 1960, February 1961, February 1962 and February 1963, Hong Kong. 90 Imports of Value Between $100. 000 and $2 Million Not Supplied by the United States, 1962 Commodity Live animals, n.e.s.' Pork, smoked, dry, salted, not canned Meat, smoked, dry, salted, not canned Corned beef Fresh milk, cream Fresh butter, canned Ghee, tinned or not Butter, n.e.s. 1 Eggs in shell, dyed, cooked, preserved Cuttlefish, squids, dry, salted, smoked Beche de mer, salted, dried, or smoked Prawns, shrimps, salted, dried or smoked Oysters, salted, dried, or smoked Crustacea, mollusks, dry, salted, smoked, n.e.s. 1 Fresh water fish and preparations, canned Rice cargo Rice, glutinous Barley, unmilled Rolled oats Malt roast, ground Bananas, plantains Lychees Mangoes Coconuts, fresh Desiccated coconut Melon seeds Preserved fruits Ginger, fresh or salted, not more prepared Crude vegetable products for food, n.e.s. 1 Waterchestnut Green tomatoes Round cabbage Tientsin cabbage Sweet potatoes Chinese melon Chinese turnips (Tai Tau Choi), salted Molasses, inedible Tea, not China Cardamons Pollard, sharps, etc. Meat meal Soy sauce Birds nests, edible Distilled alcoholic beverages, Chinese type Chinese type smoking tobacco Hides, undressed cattle, horses, mules, asses Waste used leather Hides, undressed, n.e.s. 1 Peanuts in shell Palm kernels Cottonseed Sesamumseed Oilseeds, nuts, n.e.s. 1 Rubber latex crepe Rubber sole crepe Scrap tires, tubes Fuelwood, sawdust China fir logs Teakwood logs Primary hardwood in the round Secondary hardwood in the round Sandalwood in the round Decorative woods in the round China pine, shaped Light hardwoods, shaped Raw silk hanks Sheep wool scoured Fine hair, excluding wool, suitable for spinning Jute and jute waste See footnotes on page 92. Manila hemp tow Vegetable textiles fibers and waste, n.e.s. 1 Polyester fibers Natural fertilizers of animal vegetable origin Salt, including salt for retail sale Brass, bronze scrap Copper scrap Bones, hoofs, etc. Downs GallnuU. Pine resin Rattan core peel Sea grass Bamboo canes Bamboo splits Bamboo poles Cassia Coke Aviation spirit Gas oil Fish oils Linseed oil Coconut copra oil Tung oil wood oil Sesamum oil Sodium hydroxide Sodium carbonate Sodium bydrosulphite Sodium silicate Ammonium chloride Bleaching powder Calcium cat bide Mercury Potassium chlorate Potassium nitrate Zinc oxide Acetic acid Menthol crystals Dibutyl phthalate Tanning extracts Lithopone Sulfadimidine Pharmaceutical products of Chinese type Cassia oil Synthetic nitrates Sulfate ammonia High explosives Gluten and gluten flour Lacquer ware, wooden Cork manufactures for building or insulation Bituminized paper Strawboaid Joss paper Thrown silk Spun silk yarn Cotton yarn singles, grey up to 15s Cotton yarn singles, grey, over 15s to 20s Cotton yarn singles, grey over 20s to 32s Cotton yarn singles, grey, over 32s to 40s Cotton yarn plied, grey, over 15s to 20s Cotton yarn plied, grey, over 20s to 32s Cotton yarn plied, grey, over 32s to 40s Cotton yarn plied, grey, over 40s to 60s Cotton yarn plied, grey, over 60s Cotton thread, grey Cotton yarn singles, not grey Cotton yarn plied, not grey Cellulosic yarn, continuous filament Acrylic yarn, spun Yarn of synthetic fiber, continouous filament, n.e.s. 1 Yarn of textile fibers mixed with metal 91 Importsof Value Between$100 ,000 and $2 Million Not Supplied by the United States, 1962 — Continued Commodity Cotton poplin and broadcloth, grey Cotton twill and sateen, grey Cotton jeans and denims, grey Cotton velveteens Cotton lawns, not grey Fabrics of hemp and ramie Fabrics of jute Embroidery pieces not made-up Braided and woven elastics, not cotton Cordage rope of Manila hemp over l A inch Cordage rope of sisal over H inch Cotton fishing nets Cordage ropes, n.e.s. 1 Wadding, non sterile Gunny bags Cotton pillowcases, embroidered Cotton table damasks and manufactures, plain Carpets of vegetable plaiting materials, n.e.s. 1 Matting of vegetable plaiting for use in packing Linoleum Building stone, worked Abestos cement corrugated sheets Asbestos cement pipes Bricks and tiles of brick earth Pipes of porcelain and earthenware Sheetglass, unworked Wire glass Imitation precious stones of glass, unset Platinum Jade, uncut Jade, cut, polished, unset Natural and cultured pearls, unworked Pig sponge iron Iron and steel ingots, blooms, slabs, bars Iron and steel plates, coated, 7 to 10 B.G. 2 Railway rails Railtrack, construction; rail accessories Iron and steel wire rods Steel conduits Brass, wrought, n.e.s. 1 Lead, un wrought Tin ingots Kerosene stoves Generating boilers, steam, over 500 horsepower Parts of steam turbines and engines Engines, road transport, diesel Road rollers Paper mill and pulp mill machinery Textile machines for printing Looms, power, for cotton weaving Spinning frames, cotton Bottling machines Concrete mixers Electric flat irons Cable for electricity, plastic, insulated Telecommunication cable Wire winding, electric, insulated Passenger cars Freight cars Rolling stock parts Passenger motorcars not over 1,000 cubic centimeters Motorcycles Buses and motorcoaches Motortrucks, not over 3 tonB unladen weight Bicycles Bicycle parts Prefabricated buildings, panels and parts Furniture of vegetable plaiting materials, n.e.s. 1 GloveB and mittens, cotton knit Handkerchiefs, not cotton, embroidered Slippers of plastics, not embroidered Thongs for sandals Binoculars, telescopes, and field opera glasses Clocks, not electric Piano parts Hand fans Fancy carved articles of animal materials Fancy carved articles of mineral materials Articles of basketware or wickerwork, n.e.s. 1 Paint brushes Chinese writing pens or artists* brushes Joss sticks 1 n.e.s. = not elsewhere specified. 2B.G.=British Gage. Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong. Data de- rived by W. K. Wong, American Consulate General Hong Kong, from Hong Kong Trade Statistics, 1962. Hong Kong. 92 APPENDIX B Commercial Facilities HONG KONG BANKS AUTHORISED TO DEAL IN FOREIGN EXCHANGE *The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, 1 Queen's Road C. *The Chartered Bank, 4-4A Des Voeux Road C. *Mercantile Bank, Ltd., 7 Queen's Road C. The American Express Company, Inc., Union House, 8 Connaught Road C. Bangkok Bank, Ltd., 60 Bonham Strand West Bank Negara Indonesia On Lok Yuen Building, 25 Des Voeux Road C Bank of America N.T. and S.A. Hong Kong Hilton Hotel, 1/f 2 A Queen's Road C. The Bank of Canton, Ltd., 6 Des Voeux Road C. Bank of China, 2 A Des Voeux Road C. Bank of Communications 5B Chater Road The Bank of East Asia, Ltd., 10 Des Voeux Road C. The Bank of India, Ltd., Central Building, Queen's Road C. The Bank of Korea, Bank of East Asia Building, 10 Des Voeux Road C. The Bank of Tokyo, Ltd., 8A Des Voeux Road C. Banque Beige pour l'Etranger (Extreme-Orient), S.A. Edinburgh House, 11 Queen's Road C. Banque de l'lndochine, Hang Seng Bank Building, 19/f, 77 Des Voeux Road C. Banque Nationale pour le Commerce et lTndustrie, Central Building, Queen's Road C. Chase Manhattan Bank of New York, 15 Queen's Road C. The Chekiang First Bank of Commerce (Hong Kong) Ltd., 5 Chater Road The China & South Sea Bank, Ltd., 4 Duddell Street The China State Bank, Ltd., Edinburgh House, 11B Queen's Road C. Chiyu Banking Corporation, Ltd., 10 Ice House Street Chung Khiaw Bank, Ltd., 15-18 Connaught Road C. Thos. Cook & Son (Continental and Overseas), Ltd., Union House, 21 Chater Road Deutsch-Asiatische Bank, St George's Building, 11 Chater Road First National City Bank, 2 Queen's Road C. The Hongkong Chinese Bank, Ltd., 8 Duddell Street Hong Kong Metropolitan Bank, Ltd., 132-134 Bonham Strand East Hongkong and Swatow Commercial Bank, Ltd., 48A Bonham Strand West The Indian Overseas Bank, Ltd., Dina House, 7-9 Duddell Street Kincheng Banking Corporation 13A Queen's Road C. Kwong On Bank, Ltd., 137-141 Queen's Road C. Malayan Banking Limited, IB Chater Road Nanyang Commercial Bank, Ltd., 3 Ice House Street National Bank of Pakistan, Central Building, Queen's Road C. The National Commercial Bank, Ltd., 10A Queen's Road C Nederlandsche Handel-Maatschappij, N.V. (Netherlands Trading Society), Holland House, 9 Ice House Street Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation, Ltd., Edinburgh House, 13B Queen's Road C. Overseas Trust Bank, Ltd., 5A Chater Road Overseas Union Bank, Ltd., 14-16 Pedder Street Shanghai Commercial Bank, Ltd., 6 Queen's Road C. Sin Hua Trust, Savings and Commercial Bank, Ltd., Marina House, ]7 Queen's Road C. The Sumitomo Bank, Ltd., Liu Chong Hing Building, 24 Des Voeux Road C. Sze Hai Tong Bank, Ltd., 36 Bonham Strand West United Chinese Bank, Ltd., 29-37 Des Voeux Road C. The United Commercial Bank, Ltd., 4 Queen's Road C. The Wing On Bank, Ltd., 22 Des Voeux Road C. *Note issuing banks Source: Commerce and Industry Department, Hong Kong, Directory of Commerce, Industry and Finance, Hong Kong 1963, Hong Kong. PRINCIPAL WAREHOUSE COMPANIES Hong Kong and Kowloon Wharf and Godown Company, Ltd. 1 Holt's Wharf China Provident Company, Ltd. 1 North Point Wharves, Ltd. 1 Provides freight forwarding services to all parts of the world. 93 SCHEDULED AIRLINES, HONG KONG Air France Air India Alitalia British Overseas Airway Corporation (BOAC) Canadian Pacific Airlines Cathay Pacific Airways Civil Air Transport Garuda Indonesian Airlines Japan Airlines Lufthansa Malayan Airways Macau Air Transport Northwest Orient Airlines 1 Pan American World Airways Philippine Airlines Qantas Royal Air Cambodge Royal Air Lao Swissair Thai International Airlines United Arab Airlines Air Vietnam 1 No direct service to Hong Kong. Connects with other Hong Kong bound airlines in Tokyo. Source: Director of Civil Aviation, Hong Kong, Annual Departmenta Report by the Director of Civil Aviation, 1961-62, Hong Kong. CONFERENCE SHIPPING LINES, HONG KONG New York Freight Bureau (eastbound) Hong Kong to U.S. Atlantic and gulf ports Participating lines: American Pioneer Line American President Lines Barber-Fern -Ville Lines Barber-Wilhelmsen Line Daido Kaiun Kaisha De La Rama Lines lino Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. Maarsk Line Marchessini Lines Maritime Co. of the Philippines Mitsubishi Line Mitsui Line Nippon Yusen Laisha Osaka Shosen Kaisha Prince Line, Ltd. States Marine Lines, Inc. United Philippine Lines Yamashita Steamship Co., Ltd. Trans Pacific Freight Conference (eastbound) Hong Kong to Hawaii and U.S. west coast ports Participating lines: American Mail Line American Pioneer Line American President Lines Barber-Wilhelmsen Line Daido Kaiun Kaisha De La Rama Lines Fern -Ville Lines lino Kaiun Kaisha, Ltd. Java-Pacific & Hoegh Lines Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Klaveness Line Knutsen Line Maersk Line Magsaysay Lines Maritime Co. of the Philippines Mitsubishi Line Mitsui Line Nippon Yusen Kaisha Nissan Kisen Kaisha, Ltd. Osaka Shosen Kaisha P & O and Orient S.N. Cos. Pacific Far East Line Splosna Plovba States Marine Lines, Inc. States Steamship Co. United Philippine Lines Waterman Steamship Corp. Yamashita Steamship Co., Ltd. Far Eastern Freight Conference (outward from Europe; homeward from Far East) Participating lines: American President Lines, Ltd. Ben Line Steamers, Ltd. China Mutual Steam Navigation Co., Ltd., and Ocean Steamship Co. Ltd. Cie, des Messageries Maritimes Cie. Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis A/S Det Ostasiatiske Kompagni (The East Asiatic Co., Ltd.) Ellerman & Bucknall Steamship Co., Ltd. Glen Line, Ltd. (Glen & Shire Joint Service) Holland Oost-Azie Lijn. Koninklijke Rotterdamsche Lloyd n.v. N.V. Stoomvaart Maatschappij "Nederland" Hamburg,Amerika Linie and Norddeutscher Lloyd Lloyd Triestino, S. P.A.N. Nippon Yusen Kaisha Osaka Shosen Kaisha Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Co. A/B Svenska Ostasiatiska Kompaniet (Swedish East Asia Co., Ltd.) Wilh. Wilhelmsen A. P. Moller-Maersk Line vessels for Genoa 94 Jugoslavenska Linijska Providba from Hong Kong to Yugoslav, Albanian, and Rumanian ports, Trieste, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Cyprus, Aden, Djibouti, Assab, Port Sudan and Suez. Hong Kong-Philippine Islands Freight Conference (Hong Kong to Manila) Participating lines: American Mail Line, Ltd. American Pioneer Line American President Lines, Ltd. Australia West Pacific Line Bank Line, Ltd. Daido Kaiun Kaisha De La Rama Lines East Asiatic Co., Ltd. Everett S.S. Corp., S/A Isthmian Lines, Ltd. Knutsen Line Lloyd Triestino Maersk Line Messageries Maritimes Mits n i Line Nippon Yusen Kaisha Osaka Shosen Kaisha P. & O.S.N. Co. Pacific Far East Line Swedish East Asia Co., Ltd. United Philippine Lines Waterman SS Co. Australian and New Zealand/Eastern Shipping Conference Participating lines: Butterfield & Swire (Hong Kong), Ltd. Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. Dodwell & Co., Ltd. W. R. Loxley & Co., Ltd. The Hong Kong & Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd. International Maritime Agencies, Ltd. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., of Hong Kong, Ltd. Royal Interocean Lines Butterfield & Swire (Hong Kong), Ltd. Barretto Shipping (Honk Kong), Ltd. Japan/Persian Gulf/Japan Conference Participating lines: American President Lines, Ltd. Barretto Shipping (Hong Kong), Ltd. Dodwell & Co., Ltd. The Hong Kong & Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd. Everett Steamship Corp., S/A Eastern Lloyd, Ltd. International Maritime Agencies, Ltd. Jebsen & Co. Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co., of Hong Kong, Ltd. Hong Kong/Bangkok Freight Agreement Participating lines: Jardine, Matheson & Co., Ltd. Dodwell & Co., Ltd. The Hong Kong & Eastern Shipping Co., Ltd. Barretto Shipping (H.K.), Ltd. Thoresen & Co., Ltd. Cilman & Co., Ltd. The Eastern Lloyd, Ltd. Everett S.S. Corp., S/A. Royal Interocean Lines Jebsen & Co. Butterfield & Swire (H.K.), Ltd. Hong Kong, Macau/Indonesia, Rate Agreement Participating lines: Jebsen & Co. Barretto Shipping (H.K.), Ltd. Butterfield & Swire (H.K.), Ltd. Hong Kong/West Africa Freight Conference Participating lines: Compagnie Maritime des Chargeurs Reunis Gold Star Line, Ltd. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Dampskibsselskabet of 1912, Aktieselskab Aktieselskabet Dampskibsselskabet Svendborg (A. P. Moller-Maersk Line) as one member of party only. Mitsui Steamship Co., Ltd. Osaka Shosen Kaisha Royal Interocean Lines Far East/South Africa Shipping Conference Participating lines: Bank Line (China), Ltd. Gold Star Line Nippon Yusen Kaisha Osaka Shosen Kaisha Royal Interocean Lines Far East/East Africa Freight Conference Participating lines: Bank Line (China), Ltd. Osaka Shosen Kaisha Nippon Yusen Kaisha Royal Interocean Lines Far East/River Plate Brazil Freight Conference Participating lines: Osaka Shosen Kaisha Royal Interocean Lines Source: American Consulate General, Hong Kong. 95 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE FIELD OFFICES ALBUQUERQUE, N. MEX., 87101 U.S. Courthouse ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, 99501 Room 306 Loussac-Sogn Building ATLANTA, GA., 30303 4th Fl., Home Savings Bldg. 75 Forsyth Street, NW. BIRMINGHAM, ALA., 35203 Title Building 2030 Third Avenue North BOSTON, MASS., 02110 Room 230 80 Federal Street DENVER, COLO., 80202 142 New Custom House 19th & Stout Street DES MOINES, IOWA, 50309 1216 Paramount Building 509 Grand Avenue DETROIT, MICH., 48226 445 Federal Building GREENSBORO, N.C., 27402 Room 407 U.S. Post Office Building HARTFORD, CONN., 06103 18 Asylum Street HONOLULU, HAWAII, 96813 202 International Savings Building 1022 Bethel Street NEW YORK, N.Y., 10001 61st Fl. Empire State Building 350 Fifth Avenue PHILADELPHIA, PA., 19107 Jefferson Building 1015 Chestnut Street PHOENIX, ARIZ., 85025 New Federal Building 230 North First Avenue PITTSBURGH, PA., 15222 1030 Park Building 355 Fifth Avenue PORTLAND, OREG., 97204 217 Old U.S. Courthouse 520 Southwest Morrison Street BUFFALO, N.Y., 14203 504 Federal Building 117 Ellicott Street CHARLESTON, S.C., 29401 6 Broad Street CHARLESTON, W. VA., 25301 3002 New Federal Office Building 500 Quarrier Street CHEYENNE, WYO., 82001 207 Majestic Building 16th & Capitol Avenue CHICAGO, ILL., 60606 Room 1302 226 West Jackson Boulevard CINCINNATI, OHIO, 45202 8028 Federal Office Building 550 Main Street CLEVELAND, OHIO, 44101 4th Floor Federal Reserve Bank Building East 6th Street & Superior Avenue HOUSTON, TEX., 77002 5102 Federal Building 515 Rusk Avenue JACKSONVILLE, FLA., 32202 512 Greenleaf Building 204 Laura Street KANSAS CITY, MO., 64106 Room 2011, 911 Walnut Street LOS ANGELES, CALIF., 90015 Room 450 Western Pacific Building 1031 South Broadway MEMPHIS, TENN., 38103 345 Federal Office Building 167 North Main Street MIAMI, FLA., 33132 408 Ainsley Building 14 Northeast First Avenue. MILWAUKEE., WIS., 53203 1201 Straus Bldg., 238 West Wisconsin Avenue MINNEAPOLIS, MINN., 55401 Room 304 Federal Building 110 South Fourth Street RENO, NEV., 89502 1479 Wells Avenue RICHMOND, VA., 23240 2105 Federal Building 400 North 8th Street ST. LOUIS, MO., 63103 2511 Federal Building 1520 Market Street SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, 84111 3235 Federal Building 125 South State Street SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF., 94012 Room 9453 Federal Building 450 Golden Gate Avenue SANTURCE, PUERTO RICO, 00907 Room 628 605 Condado Avenue SAVANNAH, GA., 31402 235 U.S. Courthouse and Post Office Building 125-29 Bull Street DALLAS, TEX., 75202 Room 1200 1114 Commerce Street NEW ORLEANS, LA., 70130 1508 Masonic Temple Building 333 St. Charles Avenue SEATTLE, WASH., 98104 809 Federal Office Building 909 First Avenue 96 APPENDIX C Commercial Laws, Procedures, Rates MONETARY AREAS The Scheduled Territories (Formerly known as the Sterling Area) The Scheduled Territories at present comprise the British Commonwealth (except Canada), the Irish Republic, British Trust Territories, British Protectorates and Protected States, Burma, Iceland, the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, South Africa and South West Africa, West- ern Samoa. The former 'American Account' Area The United States of America, any territory under the sov- ereignty of the United States of America, and Pacific Islands The former ''American Account 1 Area — Continued formerly under Japanese administration but now under United States administration. Bolivia Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Haiti Honduras, Republic of Liberia Mexico Nicaragua Panama Philippines El Salvador Venezuela 97 SUMMARY OF IMPORT PRO Type of Licence, Permit, Etc. Issuing or Validating Authority Dutiable Commodities Hydrocarbon oils, i.e. petroleum products of all kinds: Alcoholic liquors Tobacco (raw or made up) Table waters Methyl alcohol Removal Permit Dutiable Commodities Branch, Commerce and Industry Department Commodities regarded as dangerous to public health or safety Arms and ammunition Arms Licence or Dealers Licence Import Licence Licensing Office, Police Head- quarters Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Dangerous goods Fireworks, petroleum, corrosive and many other sub- stances Explosives Permit Permit Fire Services and/or Marine Departments Mines and/or Marine Depart- ments Celluloid film scrap Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Dangerous drugs, e.g. opium, morphine, cocaine, codeine, barbitone, their derivatives, compounds, etc. Various permits and licences Medical and Health Depart- ment Poisons Various permits and licences For import, export, manufac- ture and wholesale dealing, a Wholesale Poisons Licence is required Medical and Health Depart- ment Antibiotics, i.e. penicillin and similar substances Permit Medical and Health Depart- ment Vaccine lymph Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Shaving brushes manufactured in or exported from Japan Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Insecticides containing phosphorus and homologous and related compounds Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Plants or plant parts originating in the American tropics Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Acetic Anhydride Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Note: The information summarised above is correct as this publication goes to press, but legislation is pending, which may Department, Hong Kong. 98 CEDURES AND DOCUMENTS Conditions for Issue Legislation Remarks Import permits are issued only to licensed importers. If the im- port is for sale in the Colony, the importer must also be a li- censed dealer in the commodity Dutiable Commodities nance, Cap. 109 Ordi- Certain hydrocarbon oils are 'specified articles' and require an Import Licence in addition to a Permit Form 21 Vide 'Dangerous Goods' Import of arms is allowed only in Arms and Ammunition Ordi- exceptional circumstances nance, Cap. 238 Arms are defined to include fire-arms of any description, sporting guns, airguns, swords, daggers, etc. Regulations are too complex and Dangerous various to summarise 1956 Goods Ordinance, If goods are of strategic significance, an Import Licence is also required Licence must have prior endorse- ment of Fire Services and Marine Departments Import Control Order, 1947 Vide 'Dangerous Goods' Regulations are too complex and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, Prospective importers are advised to consult the Medical various to summarise Cap. 134 and Health Department before initiating transactions Must be bona fide agent, distribu- tor or manufacturer Pharmacy and Poisons Ordi- nance, Cap. 138 Advice on particular points should be sought in advance from the Medical and Health Department Vide 'Dangerous Goods' Importers must be registered with Penicillin Ordinance, 1948 Medical and Health Depart- ment Licence must have prior endorse- ment by Medical and Health Department Importation of Vaccine Lymph (Prohibition) Order, 1936 Licence is normally granted if Medical and Health Depart- ment is satisfied that lymph is of proper strength, quality and purity Licence must have prior endorse- ment by Medical and Health Department Importation of Japanese Shav- ing Brushes (Prohibition) Order, 1932 Importation normally permitted if Medical and Health Department is satisfied that shaving brushes are free from anthrax infection Licence must have prior endorse- ment by Agriculture and For- estry Department Emergency (Agricultural Poi- sons) Regulations, 1955 Vide 'Dangerous Goods' Licence must have prior endorse- ment by Agriculture and For- estry Department Importation (Prohibition) (American Tropics) Order, 1949 Importation of Acetic Anhy- dride (Prohibition) Regula- tions, 1959 Vide 'Dangerous Goods' alter the above requirements. For fuller details, reference may be made to the Trade Licensing Branch, Commerce and Industry 99 SUMMARY OF IMPORT PROCE Type of Licence, Permit, Etc. Issuing or Validating Authority Radioactive materials and irradiating apparatus of all Import Licence types Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Commodities regarded as strategic i.e. certain goods in the following categories: Arms, ammunition and atomic energy materials; Petro- leum products; Transportation materials; Metals; Minerals and their manufactures; Rubber and prod- ucts; Chemicals; Chemical and petroleum plant equipment; Electrical equipment; Precision and scientific instruments; Various other machinery and accessories such as certain machine tools, and heavy duty presses Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Restricted commodities Automatic machines capable of being used for gaming purposes Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Sugar Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Rice, including white and glutinous rice (whole, partially broken and 100% broken), granulated rice, cargo rice, rice padi and loonzain, rice flour, rice bran, rice dust, animal feed containing rice, and manufactured rice products Import Licence Supplies Branch, Commerce and Industry Department Frozen or chilled beef, mutton and pork (including veal, Import Licence lamb, and all offals) Supplies Branch Commerce and Industry Department Firewood Import Licence Coal, including anthracite and manufactured coal products Supplies Branch, Commerce and Industry Department Radio transmitting apparatus Permit Import Licence Telecommunications Authority, Telecommunications Division, General Post Office Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Gold, including gold bullion, gold coin, or articles made Import Licence wholly or partly of gold Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Diamonds Import Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Silver, including silver bullion, and silver coin contain- Import Licence ing more than 80% pure silver by weight Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Note: The information summarised above is correct as this publication goes to press, but legislation is pending, which may Department, Hong Kong. 100 DURES AND DOCUMENTS- Continued Conditions for Issue Legislation Remarks Importation (Prohibition) Vide 'Dangerous Goods' (Radiation) Regulations, 1959 Importation (Prohibition) (Strategic Commodities) Regulations, 1959 For goods of higher strategic significance, storage in Government designated warehouses is required if import- ed for re-export to permitted destinations. For goods of lesser strategic significance, there are no restrictions on methods of storage, but export restrictions continue. Importers are advised to seek fuller information from the Trade Licensing Branch Importation (Automatic Ma- Import is severly restricted chines) Regulations, 1956 Import Control Order, 1947 Importation and Exportation Licences to import whole or broken rice are restricted (Reserved Commodities) quantitatively to firms registered as holders of reserve Regulation, 1954 stocks. Licences to import rice flour, etc. are normally readily granted Importation and Exportation Licences are freely approved (Reserved Commodities) Regulations, 1954 Importation and Exportation (Reserved Commodities) Regulations, 1954 Licences are at present freely issued to registered importers Permits are issued at the dis- cretion of the Telecommuni- cations Authority to persons not in possession of a Radio Dealers Unrestricted Licence, issued under the Telecom- munications Regulations 1962 Telecommunications Ordinance, 1962 Importation (Prohibition) (Strategic Commodities) Re- gulations, 1959 Concurrence of the Exchange Control is necessary Importation of Gold (Prohibi- tion) Order, 1947 Import is usually prohibited, but small quantities of dental gold, and white gold for jewellers' use is permitted. Substances containing gold which is not easily or economically recoverable may also be permitted import Prior endorsement by the Ex- change Control is necessary Import Control Order, 1947 If there are no Exchange Control objections, import licences are usually issued freely Import Control Order, 1947 Importation of silver for local manufacture of jewellery is usually permitted alter the above requirements. For fuller details, reference may be made to the Trade Licensing Branch, Commerce and Industry 101 SUMMARY OF IMPORT PROCI Type of Licencf, Permit, Etc. Issuing or Validating Authority Mexican dollars Import Licence Trade licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Goods originating in and consigned from Albania, Import Licence Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Eastern Germany, Hungary, North Korea, Poland, Roumania, U.S.S.R., Tangier Zone of Morocco Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment SUMMARY OF EXPORT Type of Licence, Permit, Etc. Issuing or Validating Authority Dutiable commodities Hydrocarbon oils, i.e. petroleum products of all kinds Export Permit Alcoholic liquors Tobacco (raw or made up) Table Waters Methyl Alcohol Dutiable Commodities Branch, Commerce and Industry Department Commodities regarded as dangerous to public health or safety Arms and ammunition • Removal Permit Export Licence Licensing Office, Police Head- quarters Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Dangerous goods Removal Permit Fireworks, petroleum, corrosive and many other substances Explosives Fire Services and/or Marine Departments Mines and/or Marine Depart- ments Dangerous drugs, e.g., opium, morphine, cocaine, Export authorisation codeine, barbitone, their derivatives, compounds, etc. Medical and Health Department Poisons Various permits and licenses For export, a Wholesale Poisons Licence is required Medical and Health Department Radioactive substances and irradiating apparatus Export licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Insecticides containing phosphorus and homologous Export Licence and related compounds Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Note: The information summarised above is correct as this publication goes to press, but legislation is pending, which may Department, Hong Kong. 102 URES AND DOCUMENTS— Continued Conditions for Issue Legislation Remarks Importation of Mexican Dollars Import is normally approved (Prohibition) Order, 1930 Import Control Order, 1947 Import is normally approved ^OCEDURES AND DOCUMENTS Conditions for Issue Legislation Remarks Export permits are freely issued, Dutiable Commodities Ordi- Certain hydrocarbon oils are 'specified articles' and require but for each consignment a nance, Cap. 109 an Export Licence in addition to a Dutiable Commodity landing certificate issued by Permit the authorities at the port of Vide 'Dangerous Goods' destination must be produced within a reasonable time Arms and Ammunition Ordi- Arms are defined to include firearms of any description, nance, Cap. 238 sporting guns, airguns, swords, daggers, etc. Regulations are too complex and Dangerous Goods Ordinance, If goods are of strategic significance, an Export Licence various to summarise 1956 is also required Regulations are too complex and Dangerous Drugs Ordinance, It is advisable to consult the Medical and Health Depart- various to summarise Cap. 134 ment before initiating any export transaction Must be bona fide agent, Pharmacy and Poisons Ordi- Advice on particular points should be sought in advance distributor or manufacturer nance, Cap. 138 from the Medical and Health Department Vide 'Dangerous Goods' Radiation Ordinance, 1957 Vide 'Dangerous Goods' Licence must have prior endorse- Emergency (Agricultural Pois- Vide 'Dangerous Goods' ment by Agriculture and sons) Regulations, 1955 Forestry Department alter the above requirements. For fuller details, reference may be made to the Trade Licensing Branch, Commerce and Industry 103 724-347 O — 64 8 SUMMARY OF EXPORT PROCE, Type of Licence, Permit, Etc. Issuing or Validatimg Authority Commodities regarded as strategic i.e. certain goods in the following categories: Arms, ammunition and atomic energy materials; Petro- leum products; Transportation materials; Metals; Minerals and their manufactures; Rubber and prod- ucts; Chemicals; Chemical and petroleum plant equip- ment; Electrical equipment; Precision and scientific instruments; Various other machinery and accessories such as certain machine tools, and heavy duty presses Export Licence Restricted commodities Rice, including white and glutinous rice (Whole, partly broken and 100% broken), granulated rice, cargo rice, rice padi and loonzain, rice flour, rice bran, rice dust, animal feed containing rice, and manufactured rice products Export Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Frozen or chilled beef, mutton and pork (including veal, Export Licence lamb, and all offals) Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Coal, including anthracite and manufactured coal Export Licence products Firewood Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Radio transmitting apparatus Permit Export Licence Telecommunications Authority' Telecommunications Division, General Post Office Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Sand Export Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Bottles and Carboys Export Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Borax, raw or granulated Export Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Gold, i.e. bullion, gold coin or partly of gold articles made wholly or Export Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Silver, i.e. (a) Silver coin minted in China (b) Any silver bullion, other than silver bars, the prod- uct of refineries outside Hong Kong and China Export Licence Trade Licensing Branch, Com- merce and Industry Depart- ment Manufactures wholly or mainly of cotton exported to the Export Licence United Kingdom, except threads, sacks and bags, stockings and socks, tents, knitted clothing (including goods made up from knitted piecegoods), gloves and footwear Textiles Branch, Commerce and Industry Department Note: The information summarised above is correct as this publication goes to press, but legislation is pending, which may Department, Hong Kong. 104 PURES AND DOCUMENTS— Continued Conditions for Issue Legislation Remarks Exportation (Prohibition) (Stra- tegic Commodities) Regula- tions, 1959 Export Licences to approved destinations for goods of high strategic significance are approved only if it can be ensured that the goods will not be diverted to mainland China and Soviet bloc. Licences for export of goods of low strategic significance are normally approved. If in any doubt, exporters are advised to seek fuller informa- tion from the Trade Licensing Branch Licence must have prior approval of Supplies Branch, Commerce and Industry Department Importation and Exportation (Reserved Commodities) Reg- ulations, 1954 Licence must have prior ap- Importation and Exportation proval of Supplies Branch, (Reserved Commodities) Reg- Commerce and Industry De- ulations, 1954 partment Licence must have prior approval of Supplies Branch, Commerce and Industry Department Importation and Exportation (Reserved Commodities) Reg- ulations, 1954 Permits are issued at the discre- Telecommunications Ordinance, tion of the Telecommunications Authority to persons not in pos- session of a Radio Dealers Un- restricted Licence, issued under the Telecommunications Regu- lations 1962 1962 Exportation (Prohibition) (Stra- tegic Commodities) Regula- tions, 1959 Licence must have prior endorse- Exportation of Sand (Prohibi- Export of sand is not normally permitted ment by the Government Stores tion) Order, 1934 Department Bottles and Carboys (Prohibi- tion) Order, 1941 Licences to export are normally freely granted Exportation (Prohibition) (Stra- tegic Commodities) Regula- tions, 1959 Prior endorsement of licence by Exportation of Gold (Prohibi Exchange Control is required tion) Order, 1947 Export is prohibited, but licences may be granted for articles of jewellery of gold content not more than 14- Carat Exportation of Silver (Prohibi- tion) Order, 1935 Application must be accompanied by Commonwealth Preference Form E120 (Sale) counter- signed by a firm of approved accountants Exportation of Cotton Manufac- tures (Prohibition) Regula- tions, 1962 Licences are granted against quota alter the above requirements. For fuller details, reference may be made to the Trade Licensing Branch, Commerce and Industry 105 IMPORT DUTY RATES x DUTIES ON LIQUORS Duty shall be payable on liquors at the following rates per gallon — PART I (EUROPEAN-TYPE LIQUORS) Type of liquor Liqueurs, brandy, whisky, gin, rum, vodka and other spirituous liquors Champagne and other sparkling wines Still wines above 15% alcohol by volume Still wines not more than 15% alcohol by volume Still wines above 15% alcohol by volume imported in casks Still wines not more than 15% alcohol by volume imported in casks Cider and perry and other similar beverages Beer, except cider and perry, not exceeding 1055° original gravity and in addition for every degree by which the original gravity exceeds 1055° Intoxicating liquors in this part above the strength of 22° under proof, for every degree above such strength in addition to the duties specified above PART II (NON-EUROPEAN-TYPE LIQUORS) Type of liquor Non -European -type wines Non-European type spirits including Chinese-type spirits, sake, arrack and in addition for every one percent by which the alcoholic strength by volume exceeds 30% PART III (INDUSTRIAL-TYPE LIQUORS) Type of liquor Ethyl alcohol, and admixtures containing ethyl alcohol and in addition for every 1 percent by which the alcoholic strength by volume exceeds 30% Hong Kong origin $ Common- wealth origin $ Other origin $ 65.00 65.00 73.00 — 36.00 44.00 — 20.00 25.00 — 16.00 20.00 — 10.00 15.00 — 8.00 12.00 — 2.00 2.50 1.60 1.80 2.20 0.04 0.04 0.05 0.50 Hong Kong origin $ 10.00 6.50 0.26 0.50 Common- wealth origin $ 10.00 6.50 0.26 0.26 0.26 0.60 Other origin $ 12.00 7.50 0.30 Hong Common- Kong wealth Other origin origin origin $ $ $ 6.50 6.50 7.50 0.30 Provided that the director may assess the duty on intoxicating liquors not specified in part I or II, at the rate prescribed for liquor which in his opinion most nearly approximates to the liquor on which duty is to be assessed: Provided also that the director may in his discretion assess the duty on any quantity of liquor of less than two gallons, imported at any time in one consignment, at $50 per gallon. DUTIES ON TOBACCO Duty shall be payable on tobacco at the following rates per lb. — A.— on UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO— (1) Unstripped tobacco containing — (a) 10 percent or more of moisture by weight (i) tobacco of Commonwealth origin $5. 45 (ii) other tobacco 5. 75 (6) less than 10 percent of moisture by weight — (i) tobacco of Commonwealth origin 5. 48 (ii) other tobacco 5. 78 1 Duty rates are in Hong Kong dollars; HK$1 = US$0.175 106 A.— on UNMANUFACTURED TOBACCO— Continued (2) Stripped tobacco containing — (a) 10 percent or more of moisture by weight — (i) tobacco of Commonwealth origin $5. 60 (ii) other tobacco 5. 90 (b) less than 10 percent of moisture by weight — (i) tobacco of Commonwealth origin 5. 75 (ii) other tobacco 6. 05 B.—on MANUFACTURED TOBACCO— (1) Cigars— (i) of Commonwealth origin and manufacture 6. 50 (ii) of Commonwealth manufacture only 7. 25 (iii) other cigars 9. 00 (2) Cigarettes — (i) of Commonwealth origin and manufacture 6. 60 (ii) of Commonwealth manufacture only 7. 20 (iii) other cigarettes 8. 1 (3) Other manufactured tobacco including snuff and cigar cuttings — (i) of Commonwealth origin and manufacture 5. 20 (ii) of Commonwealth manufacture only 5. 80 (iii) Chinese prepared tobacco 2. 50 (iv) other varieties 6. 70 DUTIES ON HYDROCARBON OILS Duty shall be payable on hydrocarbon oils at the following rates per gallon — (a) light oils — (i) motor spirit $ 1 . 50 (ii) other light oils 0. 10 (b) heavy oils — (i) diesel oil for public omnibuses owned and operated by China Motor Bus Company Limited and by the Kowloon Motor Bus Company (1933) Limited, respectively 0. 50 (ii) diesel oil for other road vehicles 1. 00 (iii) other diesel oil and other heavy oils not specified above 0. 10 "motor spirit" means any light oil which has been rendered suitable for use as a fuel in any internal combustion engine by the addition of any compound or compounds of lead and any other light oil suitable and intended for use in any internal combustion engine. DUTY ON TABLE WATERS Duty shall be payable on table waters at 48 cents per gallon. DUTY ON METHYL ALCOHOL Duty shall be payable on methyl alcohol at the rate of $7.50 per gallon and in addition, for every one per- cent by which the strength of methyl alcohol by volume exceeds 25 percent, 30 cents per gallon. 1 Duty rates are in Hong Kong dollars: HK$1 = US$0.175 107 POSTAGE, TELEGRAM AND TELEPHONE RATES: HONG KONG TO UNITED STATES [Hong Kong dollars: HK$1 = US$0.175] Postage Rates Surface mail: Letters First ounce 40 cents; Each additional ounce 25 cents. Printed papers First 2 ounces 15 cents; Each additional 2 ounces 10 cents. Commercial papers First 8 ounces 40 cents; Each additional 2 ounces 10 cents. Small packets First 10 ounces 75 cents; Each additional 2 ounces 15 cents. Samples First 2 ounces 15 cents; Each additional 2 ounces 10 cents. Parcels Check with Hong Kong Post Office. Registration 40 cents. Insured letters 50 cents for each HK$300 of insured value. Insured boxes First 10 ounces HK$1.50; each additional 2 ounces, 30 cents. Insurance fee (as for letters) and registration fee also payable. Air parcel service HK$8.50 for each y 2 pound. Maximum weight limit 22 pounds. Customs form 1A required. Air mail letters HK$2.00 for each l /i ounce. Telegrams Ordinary rate: HK$1.75 per word (minimum 7 words). Letter telegrams: Minimum charge (22 words) HK&19.80; each additional word, 90 cents. Radio Telephone HK$48 per minute (minimum 3 minutes); each additional minute HK$16. Telex Service HK$69 for initial 3 minutes; each additional minute HK$23. Phototelegrams (San Francisco) HK$240 for 23}i square inch or part. Each additional 15)^ square inch or part HK$120. SPECIMEN INVITATIONS TO BID ON GOVERNMENT PROJECTS G.N. 1378 Public Works Department It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in duplicate are invited for the construction of the Plover Cove main and sub- sidiary dams, spillway & reservoir and Tai Mei Tuk pumping station. Tenders must be clearly marked accordingly on the outside envelope which must not, however, disclose the name or address of the tenderer and must be delivered to the Secretary of the Tender Board, Colonial Secretariat, Central Government Offices, Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong before 12 noon on Friday, 1st November, 1963. Late tenders will not be accepted. The package, if sent by post, must be registered and if delivered by hand must be placed in the Tender Box situated in the lift lobby on the 6th floor of the Main Wing at the above address. Tender documents and further particulars may be obtained from the offices of the Consulting Engineers for the Plover Cove Water Scheme in Hong Kong or London on deposit of a cheque for H.K.$400 or £25 sterling, refundable only on receipt of a bona fide tender. No tender will be considered unless the tenderer can show that he has previously executed successfully works of a similar nature and magnitude. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender. A. M. J. Wright, Director of Public Works. 13th July, 1963. (Sect. FIN L/M F. 338/63) 108 G.N. 2553 Public Works Department It is hereby notified that sealed tenders in duplicate are invited for the construction of domestic low cost housing (Blocks 9-12) at Ngau Tau Kok (Area "B"), Kowloon. Tenders must be clearly marked accordingly on the outside envelope, addressed to the Secretary, Tender Board, and placed in the Tender Box situated in the lift lobby on the 6th floor of the Colonial Secretariat, Central Government Offices (Main Wing), Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong, before 12 noon on Friday, 24th January, 1964. Late tenders will not be accepted. Forms of tender and further particulars may be obtained from the Architectural Office, Public Works Department, Central Government Offices (Main Wing), 3rd floor, Lower Albert Road, Hong Kong. Only contractors on the Public Works Department list of approved contractors in Group V for building works will be per- mitted to tender. Contractors will be liable to have their names removed from the list of approved contractors if they fail or refuse to imple- ment an accepted tender or having obtained forms of tender fail to submit a bona fide tender. The Government does not bind itself to accept the lowest or any tender, and reserves the right to accept all or any part of any tender. A. M. J. Wright, Director of Public Works. 20th December, 1963. (Sect. BL L/M 595/63) LIST OF SELECTED CONTRACTS AWARDED TO BIDDERS ON GOVERNMENT PROJECTS, OCTOBER 1963 Date oj Award Particulars Contractors Amount (US$) 10/30/63 Supply of animal feed Siu Fung Nin, 84 Connaught Road West 11, 437. 00 Shing On Hong, 707 Des Voeux House, 7th Floor, 561. 00 Hong Kong. I.C.I. (China) Ltd., Union House 353. 00 10/24/63 Site formation for Resettlement Housing at Yau Wa Hing Construction Co., Ltd., 95 Tung Choi 188, 431. 00 Tong Bay Area "C", Stage II. Street, Kowloon. 10/24/63 Construction of Low Cost Housing at Wong Tai Goodman Co., 703 Grand Building 1, 672, 509. 00 Sin Area "C" East. 10/30/63 Construction of Resettlement Housing (Blocks Wan Hin & Co., 224 Hennessy Road 1, 122, 396. 00 D2-D7) at Tsz Wan Shan, Area D. 10/24/63 Site formation at Kwai Chung North— "C" Con- Wing Lee Construction Co., 25/7 Yin Chong 381, 270. 00 tract. Street, Kowloon. 10/16/63 Construction of nullah in connexion with Yuen Chi Fuk Construction Co., 310 Nathan Road, 296, 398. 00 Long Flood Control Scheme, Stage II. Kowloon. 10/24/63 Site formation for Resettlement Department Staff Yee Lee & Co., 54 Ship Street, Wanchai 34, 700. 00 Quarters at Tin Wan, Abt-rdeen. 10/ 9/63 Piling to foundations for Resettlement Housing Kee Yip Construction Co., Ltd., Kwong On 173, 672. 00 at Tsz Wan Shan, Section D. Bank Building. 10/ 9/63 Prefabrication and delivery of steel framed drill Deacon & Co., Ltd., Hong Kong Bank Bldg . . . 21,872.00 shed. 10/16/63 Electrical installation at Yau Tong Resettlement Au Chow Co., 83 Wellington Street 57, 075. 00 Estate, Area B. 109 LIST OF SELECTED U.S. -ORIGIN PRODUCTS AUTHORIZED FOR RE-EXPORT FROM HONG KONG, NOVEMBER 1963 Date Item Hong Kong exporter Consignee Nov. 1 2 Carrier air conditioners International Eng., Ltd Czechoslavakian Legation Chittagong, Pakistan. 1 1 lot pharmaceutical products Abbott Laboratories, Ltd Nga Pui, Macao. 1 2 Carrier air conditioners International Eng., Ltd Mr. S. M. Murshed, Dacca. 5 1 Fedders air conditioner H. W. Turning & Co., Ltd Alliance (M) Eng. Co., Singapore. 5 1583 bags polyethylene Dow Chemical Inter., Inc Korea Plastic Prod. Corp., Seoul, S. Korea. 5 1 Chevrolet automobile Far East Motors, Ltd Economic Comm. for Asia & Far East, Bangkok. 5 1 Cadillac automobile do Pres. Sukarno, Indonesia. 6 4 GE air conditioners Yee On Hong Co., Ltd Austrian Legation, Djakarta. 7 2 Philco air conditioners Gilman & Co., Ltd Tan Ka Pua, Manila. 7 40,000 ft. 35 mm negative, 140,000 ft. Kodak (Far East), Ltd Indonesia Embassy, Manila. 35 mm positive. 7 40,000 ft. motion picture film, 35,000 ... .do Filipinas Productions, Manila. ft. positive. 7 6 drums acid colors and dyes Ciba (China), Ltd Taipyungyang Marine and Land Prod. Co., Seoul. .do Hyosung Moolsan Co., Seoul. .do Federation of Weavers & Dyers Co- operatives, Seoul, .do Dai Kwong Printing Co., Seoul. 7 3 c/s acetate rayon dyes 7 5 drums chrome mordant colors and dyes 18 c/s direct colors and dyes. 7 8 c/s acid colors and dyes, 1 c/s acetate rayon dyes. 7 8 drums acid colors and dyes 7 100 kgs acid colors and dyes, 100 kjj r chrome mordant colors. 7 264 chrome mordant colors and dyes do Do. 7 1,000 kgs direct colors and dyes do Federation of Weavers & Dyers Co operatives, Seoul. 12 3 GE air conditioners China Cold Storage G.E. (M), Ltd., Kuala Lumpur. do Chun II Felt Hat Co., Seoul. do Dae Dong Woolen Spin., Seoul. 110 APPENDIX D Notes for Business Travelers ENTRY FORMALITIES CURRENCY All visitors to Hong Kong must hold a valid national passport and a visa obtained from a British consulate. The visa is valid for 90 days; but if the period of stay in Hong Kong exceeds 14 days, the visitor must also register with the director of immigration. American businessmen may wish to obtain a multientry visa from the Department of Immigra- tion permitting any number of visits within 12 months from the date of issue. Through passengers by air making a stop- over of less than 48 hours and cruiseliner passengers con- tinuing on the same ship do not need visas. HEALTH REGULATIONS AND PRE- CAUTIONS All persons arriving in Hong Kong must possess a valid International Certificate of Vaccination against smallpox, or submit to vaccination before being permitted to land. From time to time, inoculation certificates for other infectious diseases may also be required. In any event, however, Americans should strongly consider precautionary immuniza- tion against typhus and typhoid, cholera, malaria, diphtheria, and polio. In summer months, the incidence of gastro- intestinal infections is higher; travelers are advised to take the usual precautions against eating raw foods, fruits, and uncooked vegetables. Tap water is usually safe to drink, but most Westerners prefer to have it boiled first, a practice followed by all the best hotels and restaurants. The colony has many well-qualified medical and dental practitioners and a fair number of specialists. Hospital facilities are good. CUSTOMS REGULATIONS There are no restrictions on the amount of foreign currency that can be brought into Hong Kong, but the import of gold coins and specie is prohibited, except under special license. The monetary unit is the Hong Kong dollar (HK$), valued at approximately Is. 3d. sterling or 17J>2 U.S. cents. U.S. currency and traveler's checks may be changed at any bank or licensed exchange shop and at most hotels. HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS Hong Kong has many excellent hotels that provide every convenience and comfort. Almost all have air-conditioned rooms with attached baths. Laundry and drycleaning service is available. Converters are provided for 110-volt electrical equipment. Rates per day average around $10 for a single room, $12 for a double, and $25 for a suite (plus, in many cases, a 10 per cent service charge). American-style breakfasts are served, as are meals of any variety of food at lunch and dinner. In addition to hotel restaurants, the colony has several first-class European-style restaurants and, of course, some of the world's finest Chinese restaurants. INTERNAL TRANSPORT Taxis with meters are available on both the Hong Kong and Kowloon sides of the harbor. Minimum fares are HK$1 for the first mile in Kowloon and HK$1.50 on the island. Buses in Kowloon (HK$.20) and streetcars on the island (HK$.20) are also available. The Star Ferry provides efficient cross-harbor transport between the island and Kowloon for HK$.20 per trip. CLOTHING Of the five dutiable commodities, only cigarettes, tobacco, and alcoholic items are likely to be brought in by visitors. Limited quantities for personal consumption are allowed duty- free entry. However, local shops have ample supplies of all such commodities at very reasonable prices so that there is no real advantage in bringing them along. Firearms, danger- ous weapons, and ammunition must be declared immediately on arrival. In the summer, women ordinarily wear light cotton frocks and men tropical suits but shorts at play and on weekends. No special headgear is necessary, but an umbrella or light raincoat is useful. From October to April clothes of a weight usually worn in the autumn in the United States are necessary with, possibly, a light overcoat for evenings and sudden cold spells. Suitable evening wear will be necessary for social occasions. Ill APPENDIX E Bibliography HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS Hong Kong Annual Report, 1962. Government Publications Bureau. Printed by Printing Department, Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong. Directory of Commerce, Industry and Finance, Hong Kong 1963. Published annually by Commerce and Industry Depart- ment, Hong Kong Government. Printed by Cathay Press, Aberdeen, Hong Kong. Annual Departmental Reports, 1961-62. Government Printer, Hong Kong. Trade Bulletin. Monthly magazine of Commerce and Indus- try Department. Hong Kong Trade Statistics. Department of Commerce and Industry, two parts monthly. Government Printer, Hong Kong. Hong Kong Government Gazette. Weekly. Catalog of all publications of the Hong Kong Government is available from the Government Printer, Java Road, North Point, Hong Kong. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATIONS Checklist of International Business Publications. December 1963. Living Conditions in Hong Kong. Overseas Business Report (OBR) No. 63-96. U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLICATIONS— Continued Investment Factors In Hong Kong. Overseas Business Report (OBR) No. 62-12. Preparing Shipments to Hong Kong. Overseas Business Report (OBR) No. 63-55. Licensing and Exchange Controls, Hong Kong. World Trade Information Service (WTIS), Part 2, No. 60-51. Basic Data on the Economy of Hong Kong. World Trade Information Service (WTIS) Part 1, No. 60-38. OTHER PUBLICATIONS Hong Kong Dollar Directory, 1964. Printed and published by Local Property & Printing Co., Ltd., Hong Kong. Report for the Year 1962 by Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. Printed by South China Morning Post, Ltd., Hong Kong. Annual Report for the Year 1962 by Federation of Hong Kong Industries. Printed by Takley Printing Co., Hong Kong. Far Eastern Economic Review. Weekly, with annual supple- ments. Szczpanik, Edward. Economic Growth of Hong Kong. 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