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

I. Mainland-HK Trade

In January, Mainland-HK trade was US$ 33.4 billion, up by 83.0% month on month, which accounted for 9.7% of our national total (3 percentage points higher year on year). Export to HK was US$ 32.16 billion, up by 88.3% compared with that of same period of last year; and import from HK was US$ 1.23 billion, up by 5.8% year on year.

II. Investment from HK

In January, 2013, 937 HK-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, up by 44.6% year on year. The actual used HK capital were US$ 5.28 billion, down by 4.9% year on year. By the end of January, the accumulated number of HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland was 349,815 with the actual use of US$ 597.55 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, HK capital accounts for 46.4% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

III. Mainland-HK Economic Cooperation

In January, the turnover of contracted projects in HK amounted to US$ 0.17 billion. By the end of January, the total number of labor dispatched to HK was 35,046, and the accumulated turnover reached US$ 40.49 billion.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)