23-10    Gross Domestic Product by Economic Activity at Current Prices  ①
		(HKD100 million)
Economic Activity	1997	1998	1999	2000@
Agriculture and Fishing	14.64	15.30	11.71	9.20
Industry	1870.82	1799.83	1722.89	1747.76
Mining and Quarrying	2.72	3.01	3.07	2.41
Manufacturing	817.22	726.01	675.40	716.55
Electricity, Gas and Water	323.28	360.81	372.11	388.53
Construction	727.59	710.00	672.32	640.26
Services	10789.43	10238.36	10043.35	10532.02
Wholesale, Retail and Import/Export
Trades, Restaurants and Hotels	3255.14	3016.93	2963.18	3246.22
Transport, Storage and Communications	1156.48	1114.09	1126.67	1257.24
Financing, Insurance, Real Estate and
Business Services	3359.27	2963.52	2814.39	2910.62
Community, Social and Personal Services	2206.36	2331.69	2460.03	2524.35
Ownership of Premises	1713.83	1706.60	1624.88	1553.03
Less : Adjustment for Financial Intermediation
Services Indirectly Measured	901.64	894.46	945.80	959.45
GDP at Factor Cost
	12674.89	12053.49	11777.96	12288.97
Taxes on Production and Imports	822.05	603.72	534.74	579.08
Statistical Discrepancy②	-0.4%	1.1%	1.2%	0.1%
GDP at Current Market Prices
	13445.46	12798.50	12461.34	12883.38
Notes: Figures presented in this table may be different from those presented in earlier editions of this Yearbook. For details, please see
Note II in the "Brief Introduction" of this chapter.
①The Chinese term used in the publications of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is “以当时价格计算按经济活动划分的
本地生产总值”。
②Statistical discrepancy refers to the difference in values of GDP compiled using the expenditure and production approaches, as a
result of the adoption of different data sources and estimation methods.  It is expressed as percentage to GDP at current market prices.
@ Figures are subject to revision later on as more data become available.