(i) Growth rates in real terms of :

Private consumption expenditure		1.1
Government consumption expenditure		3.5
Gross domestic fixed capital formation		-17.6
of which:
building and construction	-10.8
real estate developers' margin	-26.6
machinery and equipment	-19.4
Total exports of goods		3.7
domestic exports	-7.2
re-exports	5.4
Imports of goods		0.1
Exports of services		5.5
Imports of services		-0.9
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)		2.9
Per capita GDP		0.6
Per capita GDP at current market prices	HK$179,808
	(US$23,200)

(ii) Rates of change in :
 

Composite Consumer Price Index		-4.0
Consumer Price Index (A)		-3.3
GDP deflator		-5.6

(i) Annual growth rates in real terms of :
 

	Domestic exports	Re-exports
	(%)	(%)
1997	2	7
1998	-8	-4
1999	-7	5

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

	Domestic exports	Re-exports
	(%)	(%)
1994	19	81
1995	17	83
1996	15	85
1997	15	85
1998	14	86
1999	13	87

			Retained imports
	Total	Foodstuffs and consumer goods		Raw materials and semi-manufactures	Capital goods
	(%)	(%)		(%)	(%)
1997	8	7		7	22
1998	-14	-21		-18	-9
1999	-12	-12		-11	-25

　

	(HK$Billion)
Total exports	1,349
Imports*	1,396
Visible trade balance		-47
Invisible trade balance#		101
Combined visible and invisible trade balance#		54

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

　

	Unemployment rate	Underemployment rate
	(%)	(%)
1997	2.4	1.2
1998	4.7	2.5
1999	6.1	3.0