HONG KONG imports a large variety of goods from all over the world - including foodstuffs and other consumer goods to meet its daily needs as well as raw materials and semi-manufactured goods for industrial and commercial use.
On the other hand, Hong Kong also manufactures a lot of goods for export to other places.
Do you know the amount of goods that Hong Kong imports and exports each year? External trade statistics provide the answers.
External trade is trade between one country/territory and the rest of the world. It covers merchandise which enters or leaves the country/territory by land, air, water and by post.
The movements of merchandise between Hong Kong and other places can be classified into three components - imports, domestic exports and re-exports.
Imports include all goods produced in places outside Hong Kong and brought into Hong Kong for local use or for re-exportation to other places.
In 1993, the value of Hong Kong's imports amounted to $1,073 billion. Of the total value of goods imported, 42 per cent were consumer goods, such as clothing, radios and television sets; 33 per cent were raw materials and semi-manufactured goods; 19 per cent were capital goods, such as industrial, electrical and textile machineries; four per cent were foodstuffs and the remaining two per cent were fuels.
