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Hong Kong
  • Imports from Hong Kong A$1,193 million
  • Exports to Hong Kong A$2,595 million
  • Capital Hong Kong
  • Official Languages Chinese, English
  • Surface Area 1,000 sq km
  • Population 7.2 million

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Media releases
Export Awards turn 50 as Australia embraces Asian Century (Ministerial)
18 Nov 2012
The diversity of finalists for the 50th anniversary of the Australian Export Awards reflected the country's growing trade and investment links with Asia, Trade and Competitiveness Minister Craig Emers ...
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Austrade’s head of International Operations talks about business opportunities in Asia
5 Nov 2012
Laurie Smith, Executive Director of International Operations for Austrade, talks about business opportunities in Asia in this just-released video from the PwC Melbourne Institute’s AsiaLink Index.
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Asian Century White Paper implementation plan (Ministerial)
3 Nov 2012
An implementation plan and team have been established for the Asian Century White Paper, including business experts to advise the Government.
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Asian Century grants scheme to fund business development (Ministerial)
28 Oct 2012
Trade and Competitiveness Minister Craig Emerson today announced a $6 million grants scheme to boost business organisations' links into Asia.
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Australia to devote more trade and investment resources to Asia (Ministerial)
28 Oct 2012
Australia is rising to the Asian Century challenge by devoting more of its diplomatic and commercial resources to the region, Trade and Competitiveness Minister Craig Emerson said today.

Doing Business

Austrade’s business development specialists have prepared a range of market profiles that offer potential to assist in your exporting investigations. Austrade’s in-market teams have identified opportunities for Australian exporters in various industries (see profiled industries on the right side of this page).

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Country Profile

Content supplied by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

  • ECONOMIC CLIMATE
    Hong Kong is governed by the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China (the Basic Law).
    » read more at DFAT
  • POLITICAL CLIMATE
    Hong Kong is a major international and regional financial centre and arguably amongst the freest economies in the world.
    » read more at DFAT
  • TRADE RELATIONS
    Australia and Hong Kong work together in the WTO and APEC on trade liberalisation and facilitation.
    » read more at DFAT

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IP Passport fact sheets

These fact sheets outline foreign Intellectual Property (IP) regimes and some of the issues and challenges which may be faced by Australian exporters.

The current fact sheets are available on the IP Australia website.

OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

Multinational Enterprises should be aware of the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises that provide voluntary principles and standards for responsible business behaviour in a variety of areas, consistent with applicable domestic laws. These Guidelines are endorsed and promoted by the Australian Government. For more information, go to the AusNCP website.

APEC Business Travel Card Scheme

Managed by the Department of Immigration, the APEC Business Travel Card Scheme was developed to make travelling within the 21 APEC member countries much simpler and more efficient.

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