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Economy

Mainland's imports from HK rise sharply in H1

August 17, 2016


Abstract : The Chinese mainland's imports from Hong Kong reached 9.99 billion U.S. dollars in the first half (H1) of 2016, up 130 percent year on year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.

BEIJING, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- The Chinese mainland's imports from Hong Kong reached 9.99 billion U.S. dollars in the first half (H1) of 2016, up 130 percent year on year, the Ministry of Commerce said on Wednesday.

The mainland's exports to Hong Kong hit 132.7 billion U.S. dollars, a decrease of 4.8 percent year on year, ministry figures show.

Trade between the mainland and Hong Kong totaled 142.69 billion U.S. dollars in the first six months, down 0.7 percent year on year. The figure accounted for 8.3 percent of the mainland's total overseas trade in H1.

The mainland approved 6,333 Hong Kong-invested projects from January to June in 2016, with the actual use of Hong Kong capital reaching 42.55 billion U.S. dollars, up 8.8 percent from the same period of last year.

As of the end of June, 392,546 Hong Kong-invested projects had been approved by mainland authorities and the actual use of Hong Kong capital had totaled 875.87 billion U.S. dollars.

The mainland's non-financial outbound direct investment in Hong Kong hit 45.57 billion U.S. dollars in the January-June period. Enditem

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