(i) Growth rates in real terms of :
 

	(%)	(%)
Private consumption expenditure		7.3
Government consumption expenditure		2.8
Gross domestic fixed capital formation		12.8
transfer costs of land and buildings	32.8
building and construction	2.3
real estate developers' margin	20.7
machinery and equipment	15.6
Total exports of goods		6.1
domestic exports	2.0
re-exports	6.8
Imports of goods		7.1
Exports of servicess		-0.1
Imports of services		5.0
Gross domestic product (GDP)		5.2
Per capita GDP		2.1
Per capita GDP at current prices	HK$204,100
	(US$26,400)

Composited Consumer Price Index		5.8
Consumer Price Index (A)		5.7
GDP deflator		5.9

(i) Annual growth rates in real terms of :
 

	Domestic exports	Re-exports
	(%)	(%)
1995	2	14
1996	-8	14
1997	2	8

(ii) Shares of domestic exports and re-exports in the value of total exports:
 

	Domestic exports	Re-exports
	(%)	(%)
1992	25	75
1993	21	79
1994	19	81
1995	17	83
1996	15	85
1997	15	85

Retained imports
	Total	Foodstuffs and consumer goods	Raw materials and semi-manufactures	Capital goods
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
1995	13	3	15	23
1996	-2	-8	*	1
1997	8	7	7	21

*   Less than 0.5%.

	$Billion
Domestic exports	211
Re-exports	1,245
Total exports	1,456
Imports*	1,619
Visible trade balance		-164
Invisible trade balance #		113
Balance on visible and invisible trade combined #		-51

*   Including an estimate of imports of gold for industrial use.
#   Preliminary estimate.

	Unemployment rate	Underemployment rate
	(%)	(%)
1995	3.2	2.1
1996	2.8	1.7
1997	2.2	1.2

	Composite CPI	CPI(A)	CPI(B)	Hang Seng CPI
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
1995	9.1	8.7	9.2	9.6
1996	6.3	6.0	6.4	6.6
1997	5.8	5.7	5.8	6.1
Figures for 1996 and 1997are 1994/95-based and figures for 1995 are 1989/90-based.