Private consumption expenditure (yoy% in real terms)
+2.7
+0.2
Government consumption expenditure (yoy% in real terms)
+4.9
+4.5
Gross domestic fixed capital formation (yoy% in real terms)
-5.8
-7.1
Exports of goods* (f.o.b.) (yoy% in real terms)
0.0
-4.1
Imports of goods* (f.o.b.) (yoy% in real terms)
-0.5
-4.7
Exports of services* (yoy% in real terms)
+3.3
+1.1
Imports of services* ( yoy% in real terms)
+2.1
-0.8
The volume estimates of GDP and its components for 2018, which were previously valued at 2016 prices, have been revalued at 2017 prices. This rebasing of the volume measures affects the real growth rates of the annual and quarterly GDP for 2018.
Figures are compiled based on the change of ownership principle in recording goods sent abroad for processing and merchanting under the standards stipulated in the System of National Accounts 2008.
In line with the re-referencing of the GDP data series, the chained dollar estimates of RGNI and related statistics presented in this table have been re-referenced from 2016 to 2017.
Balance of Payments (BoP)
Q4 2018 #
Q1 2019 #
Balance of Payments - Current account balance (HK$ million)
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