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

I. Mainland-HK Trade

Mainland-HK trade in January-May 2013 amounted to US$ 179.91 billion, up by 52% year-on-year, accounting for 10.7% of China’s total trade. Of which US$ 173.04 billion was export to HK, and US$ 6.88 billion was import from HK, up by 54.9% and 2.6% year-on-year respectively. Hong Kong is the 3rd largest trading partner and major export market of the Mainland.

In May 2013, Mainland-HK trade was US$ 29.32 billion, down by 27.9% month-on-month. Mainland export to HK was US$ 27.97 billion, down by 29.1% month-on-month, and import from HK was US$ 1.36 billion, up by 8.8% month-on-month.

II. Investment from HK

In January-May 2013, 4,357 HK-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, up by 0.4% year-on-year. The actual use of HK capital increased 3.9% year-on-year to US$ 28.12 billion.

In May 2013, there were 996 HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland, up by 9.7% month-on-month. The actual use of HK capital was US$ 5.57 billion, up by 13.4% month-on-month.

By the end of May 2013, the accumulated number of HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland was 353,241 with the actual use of US$ 620.39 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, HK capital accounts for 46.8% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)