TNAG-2792-FCO40-4031-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-China-1993 — Page 71

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18.

Guangdong

Shenzhen City fared even better than the entire

economic performance.

Province in

half of

1993, Shenzhen's

25.7% in

In the first

gross domestic product grew by

real terms to Rmb 17.9 billion, while its gross

industrial output was higher by 39% in real terms. Of the

output, 70% was attributed to

This part of the output grew

total

industrial

foreign-funded enterprises.

faster than the total, by 42.8% in real terms. Shenzhen's visible trade also grew significantly in the first half of 1993, by 15.6% in US dollar terms to US$5.49 billion.

While exports rose by 12.2% to US$2.93 billion, imports

rose by 19.7%

US$2.55 billion. Shenzhen remained a

favoured location for inward investment, with the pledged

and realised values of foreign direct investment growing by

110% and 67.1% respectively

US$1.8 billion and

US$494 million in the first half of 1993.

to

to

(II)

Visible trade between Hong Kong and China

19.

to

At HK$341 billion, the value of visible trade

between Hong Kong and China in the first half of 1993 was

19응 higher than in the same period in 1992.

China

continued

be Hong Kong's largest trading partner,

accounting for 35% of Hong Kong's total trade value. Reciprocally, Hong Kong was China's second largest trading

partner, accounting for 18.6% of China's total trade value(18)

This was only marginally smaller than Japan's

share of 18.7%.

20.

exports

(18)

In the first half of 1993, Hong Kong's domestic

to China grew by 8% in value terms, while its

This compares with a share of 37% in the first half of 1992, which made Hong Kong the largest trading partner of China. The apparent sharp decline is due to а reclassification of trade statistics by China recently.

Starting from January 1993, China's exports to overseas markets are classified according to their end destinations, rather than immediate destinations as was previously the case.

As a result, the value of China's exports to Hong Kong fell the

by 40% in the first half of 1993 compared with same period in 1992, while the value of visible trade between the two places decreased by 42%.

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