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

I. Mainland-HK Trade

Mainland-HK trade in January-September 2013 amounted to US$ 297.39 billion, up by 25.6% year-on-year, accounting for 9.7% of China’s total trade. Of which US$ 284.79 billion was export to HK, up by 27.1% year-on-year, and US$ 12.6 billion was import from HK, down by 0.6% year-on-year. Hong Kong is the 4th largest trading partner and major export market of the Mainland.

In September 2013, Mainland-HK trade was US$ 29.67 billion, down by 6.7% month-on-month. Mainland export to HK was US$ 28.06 billion, and import from HK was US$ 1.61 billion, down by 6.8% and 4.7% month-on-month respectively.

II. Investment from HK

In January-September 2013, 8,465 HK-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 4.2% year-on-year. The actual use of HK capital increased 12.9% year-on-year to US$ 53.92 billion.

In September 2013, there were 995 HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland, up by 3.1% month-on-month. The actual use of HK capital was US$ 5.9 billion, up by 12.1% month-on-month.

By the end of September 2013, the accumulated number of HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland was 357,340 with the actual use of US$ 646.19 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, HK capital accounts for 47.3% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

III. Mainland-HK Economic Cooperation

In January-September 2013, the contracts for contracted projects reached 76, with value of US$ 2.47 billion. The turnover amounted to US$ 1.81 billion. By the end of September, the total number of labor dispatched to HK was 36,710, and the accumulated turnover reached US$ 42.13 billion.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)