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FOREIGN TRADE
The total exports have reached at $286.3 billion f.o.b., including re-exports according to the 2005
Estimated Data. The main export partners of Hong Kong are China 44%, US 17%, Japan 5.3% in the Year 2004.
The total imports have reached at $291.6 billion according to the 2005 estimated data.
The main import partners of Hong Kong are China 43.5%, Japan 12.1%, Taiwan 7.3%, US 5.3%, Singapore 5.3%, South Korea 4.8% in the Year 2004.
"HONG KONG", THE INTERNATIONAL FOCUS
In the recent years Hong Kong is firmly committed to free and open trade. It has become a separate contracting party to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1986,
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and is a founding member of the World Trade Organization (WTO) established in 1995. Now it is a Member of the WTO in its own right.
It has been in the forefront of multilateral trade liberalization efforts since the GATT days. Through the Trade and Industry Department and the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Geneva, Hong Kong participates actively in various WTO committees/discussions to monitor and evaluate the effective operation of the WTO and the faithful implementation of commitments by other WTO members.
For making Hong Kong an international center of trade, commerce, finance and communications, the Hong Kong SAR (Special Adminitration Region) has been taking an active part in international and regional economic and trade reforms.
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