Re-exports

Re-exports sustained moderate growth in 1997, reflecting the continued
importance of Hong Kong as an entrepot for the Mainland of China.
Re-exports made up 85.5 per cent of the value of total exports.

Principal commodities re-exported included electrical machinery,
apparatus and appliances ($136.8 billion or 11 per cent of the total) and
telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and
equipment ($116.8 billion or 9.4 per cent of the total). Other major
re-exports included clothing; textiles; and baby carriages, toys games and
sporting goods. The Mainland of China, Japan and Taiwan were the main
origins of the re-exports; the Mainland of China, the USA and Japan were
the main destinations.

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