Appendices
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(b) Imports, Retained Imports and Re-exports by End-use Category
End-use category
Foodstuffs
HK$ Billion
2008
2012
2013
Imports
96.9
150.7
169.7
Retained imports(1)
71.5
114.9
130.8@
Re-exports
26.7
39.5
42.9
Consumer goods
Imports
810.7
944.4
934.0
Retained imports(1)
160.0
265.1
274.8@
Re-exports
865.4
866.7
841.1
Raw materials and semi-manufactures
Imports
1,092.9
1,284.4
1,360.0
Retained imports(1)
263.9
306.3
331.0@
Re-exports
925.0
1,110.4
1,168.2
Fuels
Imports
Retained imports(1)
Re-exports
Capital goods
Imports
111.7
141.9
137.2
106.4
135.7
131.9@
5.7
6.7
5.8
913.1
1,390.8
1,459.8
Retained imports(1)
Re-exports
Total
Imports
Retained imports(1)
Re-exports
Notes:
168.5
234.5
222.1@
910.5
1,352.2
1,447.3
3,025.3
3,912.2
4,060.7
770.4
1,056.6
1,095.4@
2,733.4
3,375.5
3,505.3
(1) Retained imports refer to those imported goods which are retained for use in Hong Kong rather than being re-exported to other places. The value of retained imports is derived by subtracting the estimated import value of re-exports from the value of imports. The former is obtained by removing an estimated re-export margin from the value of re-exports.
Figures are subject to revision later on.
(c) Domestic Exports by Principal Commodity
HK$ Billion
Principal commodity
2008
2012
2013
Jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares, and
9.0
8.9
8.5
other articles of precious or semi-precious materials
Plastics in primary and non-primary forms
6.6
6.4
6.1
Tobacco, manufactured
1.9
3.0
3.1
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and
7,0
3.2
2.7
electrical parts thereof
Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
2.0
2.9
2.7
Source: Trade Analysis Section, Census and Statistics Department
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