23-16 Hong Kong's Balance of Payments Account
	(HKD 100 million)
Standard Component①	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009@
Current Account②	1569.33	1781.66	1991.60	2281.25	1416.87
Goods	-593.47	-1089.83	-1536.72	-1800.91	-2082.20
Services	2311.57	2771.54	3284.88	3507.65	3250.06
Income	16.48	273.48	444.37	833.06	493.92
Current Transfers	-165.24	-173.53	-200.93	-258.55	-244.91
Capital and Financial Account②	-1824.31	-2099.35	-2592.47	-2311.62	-1649.24
Capital Transfers	-49.39	-29.00	103.38	163.93	361.54
Direct Investment	499.96	6.35	-525.77	703.93	-296.10
Portfolio Investment	-2450.17	-2078.79	-214.52	-2951.48	-3423.29
Financial Derivatives	305.02	259.25	435.34	633.38	256.41
Other Investment	-22.94	210.19	-1245.92	1777.32	6944.83
Reserve Assets (Net Change)③	-106.79	-467.35	-1144.98	-2638.69	-5492.62
Net Errors and Omissions④	254.98	317.69	600.87	30.37	232.37
Overall Balance of Payments	106.79	467.35	1144.98	2638.69	5492.62
	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)	(in surplus)
Notes:①In accordance with the Balance of Payments accounting rules, a net credit for a standard component is represented by a positive value, and
a net debit a negative value.
②A positive value for the balance figure in the current account represents a surplus whereas a negative value represents a deficit.  For the capital
and financial account, a positive value indicates a net capital and financial inflow and a negative value indicates a net outflow. As increases in
external assets are debit entries and decreases are credit entries, a negative value for the net change in reserve assets represents a net increase
and a positive value represents a net decrease.
③The estimates of net changes in reserve assets under the Balance of Payments framework are transaction figures. Effects of valuation
changes (including price changes and exchange rate changes) and reclassifications are excluded.
④In principle, the net sum of credit entries and debit entries is zero.  In practice, discrepancies between the credit and debit entries may however
occur for various reasons as the data are collected from different sources.  Equality between the sum of credit entries and debit entries is
brought about by the inclusion of a balancing item which reflects net errors and omissions.