Introduction
It should also be noted that totals for Australia’s exports of certain product categories, such as cereals and cereal products and sugar and sugar derivatives, may not be accurate due to confidentiality policies associated with their trade.
Definitions
The research for this report took place before the hand-over of Hong Kong to China in July 1997. For this reason, and because industry has continued to refer to both China and Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region) as separate markets, this report will refer to ‘China’ and ‘Hong Kong’ in the same way. The author does, however, recognise both mainland China and Hong Kong as being part of the People’s Republic of China.
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