[In millions of U. S. dollars] --------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+------------------------------ |First|Second|First|Second | Country | half| half| half| half | Major items in 1953 | 1952| 1952| 1953| 1953 | --------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+------------------------------ Free-world | | | | [10] | exports, total|112.8|143.7|158.9| 111.1| +-----+-----+-----+--------+ Hong Kong | 29.1| 61.9| 63.7| 30.9|Medicine, dyestuffs, | | | | | fertilizers, machinery. Ceylon | 12.5| 13.5| 25.0| 25.9|Rubber, coconut oil. West Germany | .2| 2.6| 13.7| 11.3|Iron and steel, | | | | | scientific instruments, | | | | | electrical machinery. United | | | | | Kingdom | 1.9| 10.9| 8.7| 8.8|Wool tops, mechanical handling | | | | | equipment, sodium compounds, | | | | | piece goods, ammonium | | | | | sulphate, textile machinery. Egypt | 2.5| 6.4| 4.9| 5.5|Cotton. Switzerland | 2.5| 3.5| 10.0| 5.5|Watches, coal tar dyes, indigo. Finland | .1| 6.5| 1.0| 4.4|Paper, cellulose, | | | | | copper semi-manufactures. Australia | .2| .4| 1.4| 3.9|Greasy wool, wool tops. Pakistan | 54.5| 29.4| 3.6| 3.7|Cotton. France | .9| 2.4| 9.7| 2.7|Iron and steel, machine tools, | | | | | chemicals and pharmaceuticals. Japan | .3| .2| 2.3| 2.2|Textile machinery, seaweed, | | | | | superphosphates, medicines. Netherlands | [13]| [13]| 2.6| 1.3|Ammonium sulphate. Italy | 2.1| 1.5| 3.9| .8|Chemical fertilizer, artificial | | | | | yarn, woolen blankets. Sweden | .2| .4| 2.3| .4|Paper and paper manufactures. India | 5.2| 1.3| 2.2| [11] .2|Jute bags. Belgium- | | | | | Luxembourg | .3| .3| 1.3| .1|Ammonium sulphate and | | | | | sulfonitrate. Norway | [13]| 1.7| .9| [13] |Paper. Other | .3| .8| 1.7| [12] | --------------+-----+-----+-----+--------+------------------------------- [10] Estimate. [11] July-November only. [12] Not available. [13] Less than $50,000. NOTE.--Totals and Swiss data are adjusted to exclude those watches known to be destined for Hong Kong and Malaya. So far as possible, data refer to Mainland (Communist) China, including Manchuria and Inner Mongolia. Source: Official trade statistics of free-world countries, compiled by U. S. Department of Commerce.