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

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