HSBC 2004 Annual Report Download - page 154

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Financial Review (continued)
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Year ended 31 December 2001
Europe
Hong
Kong
Rest of
Asia-
Pacific
North
America
South
America Total
US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m US$m
Provisions at 1 January ....................................... 3,025 1,802 2,091 739 540 8,197
Amounts written off:
Banks ............................................................... (5) ––––
(5)
Commercial, industrial and international trade (123) (238) (256) (107) (29) (753)
Real estate ....................................................... (27) (29) (18) (10) (4) (88)
Non-bank financial institutions ........................ (5) (53) (5) (3) (1) (67)
Governments ................................................... ––––––
Other commercial ............................................ (54) (34) (48) (107) (215) (458)
Residential mortgages ..................................... (4) (121) (7) (2) (13) (147)
Other personal ................................................. (224) (155) (93) (93) (95) (660)
Total amounts written off ................................ (442) (630) (427) (322) (357) (2,178)
Recoveries of amounts written off in previous
years:
Banks ...............................................................
Commercial, industrial and international trade 12 1 11 18 3 45
Real estate ....................................................... 1 2 1 ––4
Non-bank financial institutions ........................ –31––4
Governments ................................................... ––––––
Other commercial ............................................ 17 12 99 11 1 140
Residential mortgages ..................................... 1 5 –––6
Other personal ................................................. 34 8 26 14 4 86
Total recoveries ............................................... 65 31 138 43 8 285
Net charge to profit and loss account1:
Banks ............................................................... (1) –––– (1)
Commercial, industrial and international trade 164 15 157 93 55 484
Real estate ....................................................... (35) 16 (6) 2 7 (16)
Non-bank financial institutions ........................ (2) (20) (14) 2 –(34)
Governments ................................................... (2) –– (3) –(5)
Other commercial ............................................ 143 (84) (58) 151 90 242
Residential mortgages ..................................... (47) 111 10 1 17 92
Other personal ................................................. 257 168 82 70 125 702
General provisions ........................................... (36) (9) 1 (16) 633 573
Total charge ..................................................... 441 197 172 300 927 2,037
Foreign exchange and other movements ............. (22) 8 (22) (37) (85) (158)
Provisions at 31 December .................................. 3,067 1,408 1,952 723 1,033 8,183
Provisions against banks:
Specific provisions .......................................... 22 –––– 22
Provisions against customers:
Specific provisions .......................................... 2,204 856 1,786 289 365 5,500
General provisions2 ......................................... 841 552 166 434 668 2,661
Provisions at 31 December .................................. 3,067 1,408 1,952 723 1,033 8,183
Provisions against customers as a percentage
of loans and advances to customers: % % % % % %
Specific provisions .......................................... 1.61 1.24 5.44 0.39 7.03 1.73
General provisions ........................................... 0.62 0.80 0.51 0.59 12.8730.84
Total .................................................................... 2.23 2.04 5.95 0.98 19.90 2.57
1See table below ‘Net charge to the profit and loss account for bad and doubtful debts’.
2General provisions are allocated to geographical segments based on the location of the office booking the provision. Consequently, the
general provision booked in Hong Kong may cover assets booked in branches located outside Hong Kong, principally in the Rest of
Asia-Pacific, as well as those booked in Hong Kong.
3Includes US$600 million of additional provisions held against Argentine loans.