| Notes : | No seasonally adjusted unit value index is compiled. |
| | '0.0' | denotes increase or decrease of less than 0.05%. |
| | Hong Kong's external merchandise trade statistics are compiled based on information contained in import/export declarations. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is a separate customs territory, as stated in "The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China". Import/export declaration is also required of Hong Kong's merchandise trade with the mainland of China, and statistics relating to this are included in Hong Kong's external merchandise trade statistics. |
| | The seasonally adjusted value index and seasonally adjusted quantum index measure the changes in seasonally adjusted value and volume of external merchandise trade respectively. |
| | The reference year for the trade indices has been revised from 2015 to 2016. |
| Source : | Trade Analysis Section (1),
Census and Statistics Department
(Enquiry telephone no. : 2582 4005
Enquiry e-mail : trade@censtatd.gov.hk) |