Statistics of First 9 Months of 2012 on Mainland-HK Trade and Economic Cooperation

I. Mainland-HK Trade

Mainland-HK trade in January-September 2012 amounted to US$236.85 billion, up by 14.7% year on year, of which, US$224.14 billion was Mainland’s export to HK and US$12.7 billion was import from HK, up by 15.1% and up by 9.1% respectively.

In September, Mainland-HK trade was US$30.86 billion, up by 2.6% month on month. The Mainland’s export to HK was US$29.26 billion, up by 3.4% compared with that of the previous month; and import from HK was US$1.59 billion, down by 9.7% compared with that of the previous month.

II. Investment from HK

In January-September, 2012, 8,823 HK-invested projects were approved by the Mainland, down by 13.3% year on year. The actual use of HK capital decreased 7.8% year on year to US$47.78 billion. During September, there were 1,225 HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland, up by 14.6% from a month earlier. The actual use of HK capital was US$5.05 billion, up by 11.2% from a month earlier.

By the end of September, the accumulated number of HK-invested projects approved by the Mainland was 345,103 with the actual use of US$574.5 billion. In terms of actually utilized capital, HK capital accounts for 45.9% of Mainland accumulated foreign capital.

III. Mainland-HK Economic Cooperation

During January to September, the contracts for contracted projects reached 61, with value of US$4.13 billion. The turnover amounted to US$1.82 billion. By the end of September, the total number of labor dispatched to HK was 24,336, and the accumulated turnover reached US$38.9 billion.

(Source: Ministry of Commerce Website)