APPENDICES
Gross Domestic Product at Current Prices by Economic Activity
1996
1997
1998*
%
%
%
Economic Activity
$ Million
contribu- tion
$ Million
contribu- tion
contribu-
$ Million
tion
Agriculture and fishing
1,444
0.1
1.464
0.1
1,530
0.1
Industry
175,127
15.5
181,184
14.7
179,390
15.2
Mining and quarrying
311
@
272
@
303
@
Manufacturing
82,769
7.3
80,049
6.5
73,080
6.2
Electricity, gas and water
26,989
2.4
29,212
2.4
33,548
2.8
Construction
Services
65,058
5.8
71,650
5.8
72,459
6.1
953,642
84.4 1,050,386
85.2
1,001,507
84.7
Wholesale, retail and import/export
trades, restaurants and hotels
301,277
26.7
313,270
25.4
283,919
24.0
Transport, storage and communications
111,087
9.8
112,829
9.2
109,452
9.3
Financing, insurance, real estate and
business services
284,119
25.1 322,618
26.2
302,491
25.6
Community, social and personal services
198,967
17.6 220,451
17.9
234,990
19.9
Ownership of premises
147,547
13.1
171,383
13.9
170,974
14.5
Adjustment for financial intermediation
services indirectly measured
-89,356
Production-based GDP at factor cost
1,130,212
Taxes on production and imports
62,443
-7.9 -90,164
100.0 1,233,034
85,001
-7.3
100.0 1,182,427
-100,319
-8.5
100.0
62,538
Production-based GDP at market prices
1,192,656
1,318,035
1,244,965
Expenditure-based GDP at market prices
1,191,890
1,323,862
1,266,840
Statistical discrepancy
0.1%
-0.4%
-1.7%
Notes: * Preliminary figures.
@Less than 0.05.
Source: National Income Branch (1), Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2582 5077)
Gross National Product
GNP at current market prices
Per capita GNP at current market prices ($)
GNP at constant (1990) market prices
Per capita GNP at constant (1990) market prices ($)
$ Million, unless otherwise specified
1996
1997
1998*
1,192,078
1,334,337
1,290,360
188,889
205,216
192,960
789,879
835,734
801,350
125,159
128,533
119,833
Notes: GNP is derived from GDP by (a) adding total income earned by Hong Kong residents from outside Hong Kong and (b) subtracting total
income earned by non-Hong Kong residents from within Hong Kong.
*
Source:
Data on transactions and assets and liabilities of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region vis-à-vis the mainland of China are treated as external transactions. Examples are trade in goods, trade in services and external factor income flows.
Figures are subject to revisions later on.
Balance of Payments Branch (2), Census and Statistics Department.
(Enquiry Telephone No.: 2116 5231)
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