"The Chinese mainland's trade with Hong Kong totaled 206.65 billion U.S. dollars in the first half of the year, surging 40.2 percent year on year, the Ministry of Commerce revealed on Tuesday.
The figure accounted for 10.3 percent of the mainland's total foreign trade in the first half, according to statistics from the Department of Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao Affairs under the ministry.
The mainland's exports to Hong Kong hit 198.75 billion U.S. dollars, a sharp year-on-year increase of 42.7 percent, while the mainland's imports from Hong Kong dropped by 2.3 percent to 7.9 billion U.S. dollars, the statistics showed.
In June, trade between the mainland and Hong Kong stood at 26.74 billion U.S. dollars, declining by 8.8 percent from May.
Hong Kong is the mainland's third-largest trade partner and one of its major export markets".
Source: Xinhua
