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Official statistics on "National Income and Balance of Payments" are primarily compiled by the Census and Statistics Department. This section provides statistics in this area together with related publications, press releases and other reference materials released by the Census and Statistics Department.

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Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and Implicit Price Deflator of GDP4th Qtr 2009 r1st Qtr 2010 p
GDP (HK$ million) - At current market prices445,633416,802
Year-on-year percentage change+2.7+9.2
GDP (HK$ million) - In chained (2008) dollars @441,755413,178
Year-on-year percentage change @+2.5+8.2
Implicit price deflator of GDP (2008=100)100.9100.9

rRevised figures.
pPreliminary figures.
In Hong Kong, the first release of GDP in respect of a period is called ˇ§Preliminary figuresˇ¨. When more data become available, the preliminary figures will be revised. This routine is in accordance with international practice to compile and release GDP figures at the earliest possible time by using only partial data. All those figures published subsequently, on revision, are called ˇ§Revised figuresˇ¨. The figures are finalised when data from all regular sources are incorporated.
@The chain volume measures of GDP and its components have been re-referenced from 2007 to 2008. Re-referencing affects the levels, but not the rates of change, of the chain volume measures. Besides, the volume estimates for 2009, which were previously valued at 2007 prices, have been revalued at 2008 prices. This rebasing of the volume measures could affect the real growth rates of the annual and quarterly GDP for 2009.

Gross National Product (GNP)4th Qtr 2009 r1st Qtr 2010 p
GNP (HK$ million) - At current market prices455,800442,421
Year-on-year percentage change-0.8+13.4
GNP (HK$ million) - In chained (2008) dollars @451,867438,513
Year-on-year percentage change @-1.0+12.3

rRevised figures.
pPreliminary figures.
The nomenclature for data release of GNP follows that of GDP.
@In line with the re-referencing of the GDP data series, the chained dollar estimates of GNP and related statistics presented in this table have been re-referenced from 2007 to 2008.

Balance of Payments (BoP) Account (HK$ Million)4th Qtr 2009 #1st Qtr 2010 #
Overall Balance of Payments230,64120,175
Overall Balance of Payments (% to GDP)51.84.8

#Figures are subject to revision later on as more data become available.

International Investment Position (IIP) Statistics (1)End - 2009 #End 1st Qtr 2010 #
Assets (HK$ million)19,812,53620,082,725
Liabilities (HK$ million)14,044,33714,458,560
Net IIP (HK$ million) (2)5,768,2005,624,166

#Figures are subject to revision later on as more data become available.
(1)Quarterly IIP statistics are available from the reference period of Q1 2010.
(2)Net IIP is the difference between total external financial assets and total external financial liabilities.

External Debt (ED) Statistics (HK$ million)End 4th Qtr 2009 #End 1st Qtr 2010 #
Gross External Debt5,219,6035,266,919

#Figures are subject to revision later on as more data become available.

Direct Investment (DI) Statistics of Hong Kong at Market Value (HK$ billion)20072008
Inward direct investment - Position at end of year9,186.56,325.8
Inward direct investment - Flow during the year423.9464.3
Outward direct investment - Position at end of year7,889.05,906.2
Outward direct investment - Flow during the year476.5393.9
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