Table 16
(Chapter 5: Commerce and Industry)
(a) Number of Regional Headquarters by Country/Territory
of Parent Company
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2002
2006
2007
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
948
1 228
1 246
Number of regional headquarters
in Hong Kong
Country/territory of parent company
United States of America
233
24.6
295
24.0
298
23.9
Japan
159
16.8
212
17.3
232
18.6
United Kingdom
80
8.4
114
9.3
124
10.0
The mainland of China
96
10.1
112
9.1
93
7.5
Germany
52
5.5
76
6.2
76
6.1
France
35
3.7
55
4.5
56
4.5
Netherlands
39
4.1
48
3.9
50
4.0
Switzerland
Singapore
Taiwan
36
3.8
42
3.4
47
3.8
26
2.7
44
3.6
43
3.5
21
2.2
28
2.3
28
2.2
Italy
Australia
Sweden
Korea
Canada
10
1.1
23
1.9
27
2.2
13
1.4
21
1.7
21
1.7
17
1.8
19
1.5
20
1.6
17
1.8
16
1.3
16
1.3
23
2.4
15
1.2
14
1.1
(b) Number of Regional Offices by Country/Territory
of Parent Company
Number of regional offices
in Hong Kong
Country/territory of parent company
United States of America
Japan
United Kingdom
Taiwan
The mainland of China
Germany
France
Singapore
Australia
Switzerland Korea
Italy
Netherlands
Sweden Canada
2002
2006
2007
Number
%
Number
%
Number
%
2 171
2 617
2 644
437
20.1
594
22.7
593
22.4
471
21.7
519
19.8
516
19.5
163
7.5
223
8.5
223
8.4
121
5.6
149
5.7
155
5.9
170
7.8
156
6.0
152
5.7
96
4.4
136
5.2
129
4.9
91
4.2
117
4.5
121
4.6
79
3.6
106
4.1
105
4.0
52
2.4
65
2.5
69
2.6
61
2.8
68
2.6
64
2.4
49
2.3
62
2.4
64
2.4
38
1.8
52
2.0
57
2.2
57
2.6
47
1.8
51
1.9
25
1.2
34
1.3
36
1.4
28
1.3
31
1.2
32
1.2