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| Table 3 |
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Analysis of merchanting by main
destination of sales of goods involved in merchanting, 2002 –
2003 |
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Sales of goods
involved in merchanting |
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Gross margin
from merchanting |
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| Destination |
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Year |
HK$ million |
Share (%) |
Year-on-year % change |
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HK$ million |
Share (%) |
Year-on-year % change |
Trade margin (%) |
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| The mainland |
2002 |
383,353 |
37.3 |
7.4 |
|
31,948 |
36.2 |
6.4 |
8.3 |
| of China |
2003 |
442,401 |
37.5 |
15.4 |
|
33,751 |
33.7 |
5.6 |
7.6 |
| United States |
2002 |
200,311 |
19.5 |
21.9 |
|
21,248 |
24.1 |
13.0 |
10.6 |
| of America |
2003 |
209,810 |
17.8 |
4.7 |
|
24,442 |
24.4 |
15.0 |
11.6 |
| Japan |
|
|
2002 |
92,239 |
9.0 |
48.8 |
|
7,338 |
8.3 |
27.6 |
8.0 |
|
2003 |
92,243 |
7.8 |
# |
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7,056 |
7.0 |
-3.8 |
7.6 |
| Taiwan |
2002 |
39,791 |
3.9 |
88.1 |
|
2,672 |
3.0 |
52.0 |
6.7 |
|
2003 |
49,595 |
4.2 |
24.6 |
|
3,246 |
3.2 |
21.5 |
6.5 |
| Republic of |
2002 |
43,789 |
4.3 |
10.6 |
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1,874 |
2.1 |
56.2 |
4.3 |
| Korea |
2003 |
47,400 |
4.0 |
8.2 |
|
1,936 |
1.9 |
3.3 |
4.1 |
| Others |
2002 |
267,297 |
26.0 |
10.7 |
|
23,239 |
26.3 |
6.2 |
8.7 |
|
2003 |
339,432 |
28.7 |
27.0 |
|
29,706 |
29.7 |
27.8 |
8.8 |
| All destinations |
2002 |
1,026,780 |
100.0 |
16.0 |
|
88,320 |
100.0 |
11.2 |
8.6 |
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2003 |
1,180,882 |
100.0 |
15.0 |
|
100,136 |
100.0 |
13.4 |
8.5 |
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| Notes : |
1. |
The sum of individual items and
the corresponding total shown in the table may not tally because of
rounding. |
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# |
Denotes percentage change within ±0.05%. | |