Notes: Figures are for the corresponding financial year. For example, figures for 1998 would represent the figures for financial year 1998/99.
 Excluding Private Sector Participation Scheme.
 Starting from 1998, a new series of container throughput statistics has been compiled.
 Figures include arrival of non-Macao residents via Macao.
 Figures are adjusted to include foreign currency swap deposits.
 Figures are adjusted to exclude foreign currency swap deposits. Hong Kong dollar is the legal tender in the Hong Kong Special Admini- strative Region, as  stated in "The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China". Foreign
 currency refers to any currency other than the Hong Kong currency. Accordingly Chinese Renminbi is also treated as foreign currency.
 New series released since 2 January 2002. For details, please see the feature article entitled “New Series of Effective Exchange Rate Index
 for the Hong Kong Dollar” in the December 2001 issue of the "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics".
 Figures are as at end of the financial year.
  The Chinese term used in the publications of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is “本地生产总值”.
 The Chinese term used in the publications of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region is “本地居民生产总值”.
 (11) A positive value for the balance figure in the current account represents a surplus whereas a negative value represents a deficit. For the
 capital and financial account, a positive value indicates a net capital and financial inflow and a negative value indicates a net outflow. As
 increases in external assets are debit entries and decreases are credit entries, a negative value for net change in reserve assets represents
 a net increase and a positive value represents a net decrease.
 (12) In principle, the net sum of credit entries and debit entries is zero. In practice, discrepancies between the credit and debit entries may
 however occur for various reasons as the data are collected from many sources. Equality between the sum of credit entries and debit entries
 is brought about by the inclusion of a balancing item which reflects net errors and omissions.
 (13)The trade index numbers have been updated. The new series has year 2000 as the base year. In the new series, indexes for periods prior to
  2000 are obtained by re-scaling the previously published series, which has 1990 as the base year, using a conversion factor derived from
 the levels of the old and new series in the overlapping period of 2000.
 (14) Position as at end of period.
 (15) Net international investment position is the difference between total external financial assets and total external financial liabilities.
 (16)Classification of diseases and causes of death is based on the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health
 Problems (ICD) 10th Revision from 2001 onwards. Figures from 2001 onwards may not be comparable with figures for previous years
 which were compiled based on the ICD 9th Revision.
 ^ Provisional figure.
 @ Subject to revision later on.
 +Includes the payments for 1 April 2001.
 ‡Includes the payment for 1 April 2002, but excludes the payments for 1 April 2001.
 ~Excludes the payments for 1 April 2002.