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Malaysia & Hong Kong
Trade Relations with Malaysia
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Malaysia is a significant trading partner of Hong Kong. Bilateral trade between Hong Kong and Malaysia increased 7% from HK$82.3 billion in 2006 to HK$88.1 billion in 2007. In 2007, Malaysia was Hong Kong's 9th largest trading partner; 14th largest market for domestic exports and 16th largest market for re-exports; and 7th largest source of imports. |
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Hong Kong is also an important entrepot for trade between the Mainland of China and Malaysia. Re-export of goods of Mainland origin through Hong Kong to Malaysia decreased by 1% from HK$15.5 billion in 2006 to HK$15.4 billion in 2007. |
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Hong Kong's domestic export of goods to Malaysia totalled about HK$1.3 billion in 2007. The top three domestic export categories to Malaysia in 2007 were:
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Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances and electrical parts thereof |
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Metal working machinery |
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Tobacco and tobacco manufactures |
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Hong Kong's re-export of goods to Malaysia totalled about HK$24.0 billion in 2007. The top three re-export categories to Malaysia in 2007 were:
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Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances and electrical parts thereof |
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Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment |
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Office machines and automatic data processing machines |
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Hong Kong's import of goods from Malaysia totalled about HK$62.8 billion in 2007. The top three import categories from Malaysia in 2007 were:
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Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances and electrical parts thereof |
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Telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment |
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Office machines and automatic data processing machines |
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1,266 |
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23,990 |
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62,818 |
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Bilateral Investment
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As at end 2006, Malaysia ranked outside the first 20 major sources of inward direct investment into Hong Kong. |
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As at end 2006, Malaysia was the 12th major destination of outward direct investment (ODI) from Hong Kong, with an ODI stock of HK$25.6 billion. |
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As at June 2007, eight regional headquarters, 24 regional offices and 29 local offices were set up by Malaysian companies in Hong Kong. |
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