Statistics on Mainland-HK Trade and Economic Cooperation in January-October 2013

I. Mainland-HK Trade

Mainland-HK trade in January-October 2013 amounted to US$ 325.02 billion, up by 22.1% year-on-year, accounting for 9.6% of China’s total trade. Of which US$ 311.18 billion was export to HK, up by 23.2% year-on-year, and US$ 13.84 billion was import from HK, down by 1.5% year-on-year. Hong Kong is the 4th largest trading partner and major export market of the Mainland.

In October 2013, Mainland-HK trade was US$ 27.63 billion, down by 6.8% month-on-month. Mainland export to HK was US$ 26.39 billion, and import from HK was US$ 1.24 billion, down by 5.9% and 22.9% month-on-month respectively.

II. Investment from HK

In January-October 2013, 9,505 HK-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 3.6% year-on-year. The actual use of HK capital increased 12.3% year-on-year to US$ 59.34 billion.

In October 2013, there were 1,049 HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland, up by 5.4% month-on-month. The actual use of HK capital was US$ 5.41 billion, down by 8.3% month-on-month.

By the end of October 2013, the accumulated number of HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland was 358, 389 with the actual use of US$ 651.61 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, HK capital accounts for 47.4% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

III. Mainland-HK Economic Cooperation

In January-October 2013, the contracts for contracted projects reached 87, with value of US$ 2.49 billion. The turnover amounted to US$ 2.06 billion. By the end of October, the accumulated turnover of Mainland enterprises reached US$ 42.38 billion.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)