Statistics

Statistics ( 2004 - 2008 )

	HKIAC	AAA	CIETAC	ICC	JCAA	KCAB	KLRCA	LCIA	SIAC	SCC	BCICAC	AFEC
2008	602	703*	1,230	663*	12	47*	47	213*	71*	176	N/A	51
2007	448	621*	1,118	599*	15	59*	40	137*	70*	84	82*	40
2006	394	586*	981	593*	11	47*	37	133*	65*	141	76*	N/A
2005	281	580*	979	521*	11	53*	30	118	45*	56	77*	55
2004	280	614*	850	561*	21	46*	19	87	48*	50	84*	50

AAA	- American Arbitration Association
CIETAC	- China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
HKIAC	- Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre
ICC	- International Chamber of Commerce
JCAA	- Japan Commercial Arbitration Association
KCAB	- The Korean Commercial Arbitration Board
KLRCA	- Kuala Lumpur Regional Centre for Arbitration
LCIA	- London Court of International Arbitration
SIAC	- Singapore International Arbitration Centre
SCC	- Arbitration Institute of the Stockholm Chamber of Commerce
BCICAC	- British Columbia International Commercial Arbitration Centre
AFEC	- International Arbitral Centre of the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber

* The statistics cover international arbitration only (as known to the HKIAC)
N/A - not available

- Prepared by HKIAC with the assistance of the named institutions above -

Disputes Involving the HKIAC (Since the HKIAC Opened in September 1985)

Year	Commercial	Construction	Joint Venture	Shipping	Others / Unclassified	Total
1985	1	5	0	0	3	9
1986	3	9	1	0	7	20
1987	7	13	3	2	18	43
1988	5	5	1	1	12	24
1989	5	6	0	14	20	45
1990	5	10	3	8	28	54
1991	16	19	2	8	49	94
1992	33	31	4	74	43	185
1993	23	50	1	42	23	139
1994	17	53	5	33	42	150
1995	24	101	1	41	17	184
1996	35	86	0	21	55	197
1997	54	94	3	30	37	218
1998	76	109	1	31	23	240
1999	64	154	6	13	20	257
2000	60	204	1	18	15	298
2001	71	195	7	11	23	307
2002	90	190	6	9	25	320
2003	80	137	7	28	35	287
2004	87	127	0	25	41	280
2005	98	104	0	48	31	281
2006	102	181	0	18	93	394
2007	103	183	0	27	135	448
2008	129	208	0	36	229	602
Total	1188	2274	52	538	1024	5076

Arbitration in Hong Kong & Mainland China (Since September 1985)

Year	CIETAC	HKIAC	Total
1985	37	9	46
1986	78	20	98
1987	143	43	186
1988	174	24	198
1989	189	45	234
1990	238	54	292
1991	274	94	368
1992	267	185	452
1993	486	139	625
1994	829	150	979
1995	902	184	1,086
1996	778	197	975
1997	723	218	941
1998	645	240	885
1999	609	257	866
2000	543	298	841
2001	731	307	1,038
2002	684	320	1,004
2003	709	287	996
2004	850	280	1,130
2005	979	281	1,260
2006	981	394	1,375
2007	1,118	448	1,566
2008	1,230	602	1,832

CIETAC	- China International Economic and Trade Arbitration Commission
HKIAC	- Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre

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