23-27    Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China
Item	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Estimated Value of Outward Processing
Trade                 (HKD 100 million)
Domestic Exports to the Mainland
of China	470.78	421.84	376.96	393.04	351.72
Re-exports to the Mainland of China	1978.09	1790.89	1978.90	2429.29	2243.81
Total Exports to the Mainland of China	2448.86	2212.73	2355.86	2822.33	2595.53
Imports from the Mainland of China	4911.42	4777.43	4875.07	5670.00	5319.60
Re-exports of the Mainland of China
Origin to Other Places	5955.11	5597.26	5701.26	6473.38	5783.29
Estimated Proportion of Outward
Processing Trade               (%)
Domestic Exports to the Mainland
of China	76.1	77.4	75.9	72.7	71.0
Re-exports to the Mainland of China	44.7	44.1	49.7	49.7	45.2
Total Exports to the Mainland of China	48.6	48.1	52.6	52.0	47.5
Imports from the Mainland of China	81.2	82.7	80.5	79.3	78.0
Re-exports of the Mainland of China
Origin to Other Places	88.4	87.6	86.6	85.1	82.2