III. International Experience of Statistics on Trade in Services
(iv) Practices of statistics on trade in services in Hong Kong, China 1. Statistics department and statistical content and experience
Hong Kong's statistics on trade in services is a compulsory statistical survey according to Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Ordinance.
Government department responsible for statistics on trade in services: Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
At present, Hong Kong publishes the statistics of BOP and FATS between Hong Kong and non-Hong Kong every year.
III. International Experience of Statistics on Trade in Services
(iv) Practices of statistics on trade in services in Hong Kong, China 2. Sources of statistical data: mainly from the following four channels
(1) Statistical survey of service traders: annually conducted by the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to collect the data of service import and export (excluding tourism) of relevant organizations.
(2) Household survey: The General Household Survey conducted by the Census and Statistics Department provides information on Hong Kong residents' tourism expenditure.
(3) Administrative records and other sources of information: including the number of employees of organizations with extraterritorial jurisdiction and their families in Hong Kong, the expenditure of government offices abroad and the expenses of non-Hong Kong residents studying in Hong Kong, etc.
(4) Other sources: including the expenditure of tourists in Hong Kong provided by the Hong Kong Tourism Board, and the data of cross-border/cross-boundary foreign exchange transactions provided by the Hong Kong Monetary Authority.
III. International Experience of Statistics on Trade in Services
(iv) Practices of statistics on trade in services in Hong Kong, China 3. Statistical methods and data release
Census and Statistics Department conducts statistical survey of service import&export by distributing questionnaires to about 7,000 sample enterprises; After all the sampling questionnaires are collected, the Department compiles, reviews and processes the data, prepares detailed statistical data and finally, adjusts the preliminary estimated data.
Hong Kong only publishes detailed classified data by items and regions in the annual data of trade in services; Monthly data of trade in services is mainly used by statistical and related departments; Quarterly data of trade in services is published only in aggregate.
