24-29  Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China
Item	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004
Estimated Value of Outward Processing
Trade                 (HKD 100 million)
Domestic Exports to the Mainland
of China	393.04	351.72	288.48	249.24	248.25
Re-exports to the Mainland of China	2429.29	2243.81	2488.01	3012.23	3616.10
Total Exports to the Mainland of China	2822.33	2595.53	2776.50	3261.47	3864.35
Imports from the Mainland of China	5670.00	5319.60	5310.34	5649.33	6615.43
Re-exports of the Mainland of China
Origin to Other Places	6473.38	5783.29	5947.08	6035.92	6840.07
Estimated Proportion of Outward
Processing Trade                      (%)
Domestic Exports to the Mainland
of China	72.7	71.0	69.8	68.0	65.7
Re-exports to the Mainland of China	49.7	45.2	43.5	42.7	42.5
Total Exports to the Mainland of China	52.0	47.5	45.3	43.9	43.5
Imports from the Mainland of China	79.3	78.0	74.0	71.7	72.0
Re-exports of the Mainland of China
Origin to Other Places	85.1	82.2	82.5	79.5	79.2