Secretary for Commerce & Economic Development Gregory So visited the 32nd Hong Kong International Jewellery Show today.
Organised by the Trade Development Council, the show is being held at the Convention & Exhibition Centre for five days starting today.
Mr So toured the major exhibition zones and spoke with exhibitors.
Jewellery was Hong Kong's largest domestic export item last year, with total export value reaching more than $7.6 billion, also 13.8% of total domestic exports in value terms, he said.
"With the introduction of the Mainland & Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement, various jewellery products originally subject to tariff rates between 3% and 35% can be exported from Hong Kong to the Mainland tariff-free. This arrangement is conducive to the development of the jewellery industry in both places.”
