Dec 12, 2011 (PRN): Exports from the United States to the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong should increase significantly in 2012, a senior Hong Kong trade official told 300 business and financial services professionals at a seminar in New York City, 2 December.

"We see growing demand for US products and services," said Fred Lam, Executive Director of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), speaking at the seminar, "Hong Kong: America's Bridge to Asian Growth."

"For example, in the first 10 months of 2011, the Chinese mainland's consumer goods imports grew 57 per cent, year-on-year. We believe this trend can only continue in the foreseeable future, given that domestic consumption and urbanisation are now two major priorities of the mainland's Central Government."

Mainland Technology Needs

Mr Lam also noted that the shifting of the mainland's manufacturing industry from low-end processing to the higher end of the value chain will require a wide variety of technology. "Most of it will have to be imported," he said. "This means opportunity for everyone, especially US companies."

Pacific Bridge

American companies' goods and services are in high demand in Asia because of their innovation and quality, said Mr Lam. He added that US exports would be helped by the Pacific Bridge Initiative (PBI). A trade collaboration between the HKTDC and the US Department of Commerce, the PBI was created to help US companies boost their trade with the mainland and other Asian markets through Hong Kong. Over the past year, the PBI, said Mr Lam, has helped triple the number of export transactions done by new-to-market US firms in Hong Kong.

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