A rapid look at the hong kong trade and development centre’s trade statistics will show that the majority of the HK SAR’s exports is acyually re-exports of imported products, from china and abroad. In fact, total exports of hong kong were about U.S. $490 billon in 2012, where re-export account for U.S. $432 billon. China, unsurprisingly, is the main supplier of imports, even if many countries take benefit of the free-trade regime. In the specific case of china