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Agriculture and fisheries industries are relatively small sectors in
Hong Kong. The Government does not give direct subsidies to the local
agriculture and fisheries industries or attempt to protect them from the
free operation of market forces. Instead, the AFCD focuses on helping
the industries to improve the quality of their output and enhance their
productivity and competitiveness.
During the year, the total production of the industries
was valued at $2,699 million. It accounted for 5 per cent of vegetables,
39 per cent of cut flowers, 23 per cent of live pigs, 31 per cent of live
poultry, 6 per cent of freshwater fish and 31 per cent of seafood sold
locally. Approximately 18 980 people were employed directly
in the industries. The overall output of the local agriculture and fisheries
industries has remained relatively stable over the past few years. |
