| GDP : |
purchasing power parity - $213 billion (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Real Growth Rate : |
3.3% (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Per Capita : |
purchasing power parity - $28,800 (2003 est.) |
| GDP - Composition By Sector : |
agriculture: 0.1%
industry: 12.1%
services: 87.9% (2003 est.) |
| Inflation Rate (Consumer Prices) : |
-2.6% (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force : |
3.5 million (2003 est.) |
| Labor Force - By Occupation : |
manufacturing 8.2%, construction 2.9%, wholesale and retail trade, restaurants, and hotels 43.5%, financing, insurance, and real estate 19.5%, transport and communications 7.8%, community and social services 17.8% (Note: above data exclude public sector) (2002 est.) |
| Budget : |
revenues: $26.17 billion
expenditures: $32.64 billion, including capital expenditures of $5 billion (2003) |
| Industries : |
textiles, clothing, tourism, banking, shipping, electronics, plastics, toys, watches, clocks |
| Industrial Production Growth Rate : |
-9.2% (2003 est.) |
| Electricity - Production : |
30.48 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Production by Source : |
fossil fuel: 100%
hydro: 0%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001) |
| Electricity - Consumption : |
37.12 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Exports : |
1.581 billion kWh (2001) |
| Electricity - Imports : |
10.36 billion kWh (2001) |
| Agriculture - Products : |
fresh vegetables, poultry, fish, pork |
| Exports : |
$225.9 billion f.o.b., including reexports (2003 est.) |
| Exports - Commodities : |
electrical machinery and appliances, textiles, apparel, footwear, watches and clocks, toys, plastics, precious stones |
| Exports - Partners : |
China 42.6%, US 18.7%, Japan 5.4% (2003 est.) |
| Imports : |
$230.3 billion (2003 est.) |
| Imports - Commodities : |
electrical machinery and appliances, textiles, foodstuffs, transport equipment, raw materials, semimanufactures, petroleum, plastics; a large share is reexported |
| Imports - Partners : |
China 43.5%, Japan 11.9%, Taiwan 6.9%, US 5.5%, Singapore 5%, South Korea 4.8% (2003 est.) |
| Debt - External : |
$59.21 billion (2003 est.) |
| Currency : |
Hong Kong dollar (HKD) |
| Currency Code : |
HKD |
| Exchange Rates : |
Hong Kong dollars per US dollar - 7.7868 (2003), 7.7989 (2002), 7.7988 (2001), 7.7912 (2000), 7.7575 (1999) |
| Fiscal Year : |
1 April - 31 March |
