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

I. Mainland-HK Trade

Mainland-HK trade in January-August 2013 amounted to US$ 267.72 billion, up by 30% year-on-year, accounting for 9.9% of China’s total trade. Of which US$ 256.73 billion was export to HK, up by 31.8% year-on-year, and US$ 10.99 billion was import from HK, down by 0.9% year-on-year. Hong Kong is the 4th largest trading partner and major export market of the Mainland.

In August 2013, Mainland-HK trade was US$ 31.8 billion, up by 8.6% month-on-month. Mainland export to HK was US$ 30.11 billion, and import from HK was US$ 1.69 billion, up by 8.6% and 8% month-on-month respectively.

II. Investment from HK

In January-August 2013, 7,461 HK-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 1.8% year-on-year. The actual use of HK capital increased 12.4% year-on-year to US$ 48.02 billion.

In August 2013, there were 965 HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland, down by 3.4% month-on-month. The actual use of HK capital was US$ 5.26 billion, down by 11.9% month-on-month.

By the end of August 2013, the accumulated number of HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland was 356,345 with the actual use of US$ 640.29 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, HK capital accounts for 47.1% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

III. Mainland-HK Economic Cooperation

In January-August 2013, the contracts for contracted projects reached 71, with value of US$ 2.39 billion. The turnover amounted to US$ 1.62 billion. By the end of August, the total number of labor dispatched to HK was 36,656, and the accumulated turnover reached US$ 41.94 billion.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)