Table 2 Analysis of merchanting by five main destinations of sales of goods involved in merchanting, 2000


Destination Sales of goods involved
in merchanting
(HK$ million)
Share (%) Gross margin from
merchanting
(HK$ million)
Share (%)

Mainland of China 343,428 41.6 25,286 35.8
United States 133,669 16.2 16,603 23.5
Japan 63,597 7.7 5,660 8.0
Korea, Republic of 44,990 5.4 1,810 2.6
United Kingdom 28,621 3.5 2,552 3.6
Others 211,373 25.6 18,781 26.6
All destinations 825,678 100.0 70,692 100.0

Note : The sum of individual items and the corresponding total shown in the table may not tally because of rounding.

Last updated : 22 July 2002