香港—資訊社會 - 「數碼21」資訊科技策略

6 Chapter 6Imports and Exports of Information andCommunication Technology Goods Introduction6.1 6.1 Hong Kong is a major intermediary centre fortrading of information and communicationtechnology (ICT) goods in the region. A morecomprehensive classification of ICT goods isintroduced in this edition of the publication toreplace the two categories of computer products andtelecommunications equipment presented inprevious issues of this publication. The newclassification follows the international guidelinespromulgated by the United Nations Conference onTrade and Development (UNCTAD).6.2 6.2 This Chapter presents the statistics of HongKong's external trade in telecommunicationsequipment, computer and related equipment,electronic components, audio and video equipment,computer software and other ICT goods during theperiod from 1998 to 2008. As from January 2007,the coverage of telecommunications equipment hasbeen revised and the trade figures as from 2007 arenot strictly comparable with those in previous years. Telecommunications Equipment6.3 6.3 In 2008, Hong Kong's imports of 1,897 telecommunications equipment amounted to $189.72,084 billion. In the same year, the value of total exports6.1(including domestic exports and re-exports) oftelecommunications equipment was $208.4 billion.(Table 6.1)6.4 6.4 The mainland of China was the majorsupplier, accounting for 68.3% of Hong Kong’s total68.3%imports of telecommunications equipment in 2008.4.8%4.5% The second and third major suppliers were Japan 6.1and Singapore, accounting for 4.8% and 4.5% of thetotal respectively. (Table 6.1)95Hong Kong as an Information Society 2009