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

I. Mainland-HK Trade

Mainland-HK trade in January-July 2013 amounted to US$ 235.92 billion, up by 34.1% year-on-year, accounting for 10% of China’s total trade. Of which US$ 226.62 billion was export to HK, up by 36.1% year-on-year, and US$ 9.3 billion was import from HK, down by 0.3% year-on-year. Hong Kong is the 4th largest trading partner and major export market of the Mainland.

In July 2013, Mainland-HK trade was US$ 29.27 billion, up by 9.5% month-on-month. Mainland export to HK was US$ 27.87 billion, and import from HK was US$ 1.4 billion, up by 8.4% and 37.3% month-on-month respectively.

II. Investment from HK

In January-July 2013, 6,496 HK-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 0.5% year-on-year. The actual use of HK capital increased 11.9% year-on-year to US$ 42.76 billion.

In July 2013, there were 999 HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland, down by 12.4% month-on-month. The actual use of HK capital was US$ 5.97 billion, down by 31.1% month-on-month.

By the end of July 2013, the accumulated number of HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland was 355,380 with the actual use of US$ 635.03 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, HK capital accounts for 47% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)