23-30  Trade Involving Outward Processing in the Mainland of China
Item	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Estimated Value of Outward Processing
Trade (HKD 100 million)
Domestic Exports to the Mainland
of China	248.25	250.80	207.17	191.62	132.32
Re-exports to the Mainland of China	3616.10	3634.02	3892.24	4323.71	4577.32
Total Exports to the Mainland of China	3864.35	3884.82	4099.41	4515.33	4709.64
Imports from the Mainland of China	6615.43	6919.79	7693.17	7799.94	7890.39
Re-exports of the Mainland of China
Origin to Other Places	6851.47	7565.79	8147.93	8410.48	7922.21
Estimated Proportion of Outward
Processing Trade (%)
Domestic Exports to the Mainland
of China	65.7	56.3	51.6	47.3	38.1
Re-exports to the Mainland of China	42.5	37.6	34.9	34.1	34.3
Total Exports to the Mainland of China	43.5	38.4	35.5	34.5	34.4
Imports from the Mainland of China	72.0	65.9	64.5	58.6	55.9
Re-exports of the Mainland of China
Origin to Other Places	79.3	79.3	80.7	78.4	70.1