Hong Kong's Offshore Trade Statistics for 2000
Monday, 22 July 2002

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

Sales of goods involved in merchanting to the mainland of China was HK$ million 343,428.
% share of sales of goods involved in merchanting to the mainland of China was 41.6%.
Gross margin earned from merchanting to the mainland of China was HK$ million 25,286.
% share of gross margin earned from merchanting to the mainland of China was 35.8%.

Sales of goods involved in merchanting to the United States was HK$ million 133,669.
% share of sales of goods involved in merchanting to the United States was 16.2%.
Gross margin earned from merchanting to the United States was HK$ million 16,603.
% share of gross margin earned from merchanting to the United States was 23.5%.

Sales of goods involved in merchanting to Japan was HK$ million 63,597.
% share of sales of goods involved in merchanting to Japan was 7.7%.
Gross margin earned from merchanting to Japan was HK$ million 5,660.
% share of gross margin earned from merchanting to Japan was 8.0%.

Sales of goods involved in merchanting to the Republic of Korea was HK$ million 44,990.
% share of sales of goods involved in merchanting to the Republic of Korea was 5.4%.
Gross margin earned from merchanting to the Republic of Korea was HK$ million 1,810.
% share of gross margin earned from merchanting to the Republic of Korea was 2.6%.

Sales of goods involved in merchanting to the United Kingdom was HK$ million 28,621.
% share of sales of goods involved in merchanting to the United Kingdom was 3.5%.
Gross margin earned from merchanting to the United Kingdom was HK$ million 2,552.
% share of gross margin earned from merchanting to the United Kingdom was 3.6%.

Sales of goods involved in merchanting to other destinations was HK$ million 211,373.
% share of sales of goods involved in merchanting to other destinations was 25.6%.
Gross margin earned from merchanting to other destinations was HK$ million 18,781.
% share of gross margin earned from merchanting to other destinations was 26.6%.

Sales of goods involved in merchanting to all destinations was HK$ million 825,678.
% share of sales of goods involved in merchanting to all destinations was 100.0%.
Gross margin earned from merchanting to all destinations was HK$ million 70,692.
% share of gross margin earned from merchanting to all destinations was 100.0%.

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