23-23 Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China
Item	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000
Estimated Value of Outward Processing
Trade (HKD million)
Domestic Exports to the Mainland
of China	43089	47078	42184	37696	39304
Re-exports to the Mainland of China	179235	197809	179089	197890	242929
Imports from the Mainland of China	452890	491142	477743	487507	567000
Re-exports of the Mainland of China
Origin to Other Places	552822	595511	559726	570126	647338
Estimated Proportion of Outward
Processing Trade (%)
Domestic Exports to the Mainland
of China	72.8	76.1	77.4	75.9	72.7
Re-exports to the Mainland of China	43.2	44.7	44.1	49.7	49.7
Imports from the Mainland of China	79.9	81.2	82.7	80.5	79.3
Re-exports of the Mainland of China
Origin to Other Places	86.0	88.4	87.6	86.6	85.1