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Group Financial Results

Revenue

By nature

HK$ million

Year ended 31 December

Increase/(Decrease)

2020

2019

Amount

%

Net interest income

172,018

170,142

1,876

1.1%

Net fee and commission income

39,178

35,963

3,215

8.9%

Sales of goods and services

323,808

344,076

(20,268)

(5.9%)

– Sales of goods

268,964

293,731

(24,767)

(8.4%)

– Revenue from construction contracts

24,984

22,853

2,131

9.3%

– Revenue from other services

29,860

27,492

2,368

8.6%

Other revenue

17,945

16,316

1,629

10%

Note: The CITIC Bank reclassified the instalment income of credit card-based consumption from fee income to interest income as of 2020, and financial indicators related to net interest income and net fee and commission income during the comparable periods were restated.
Expected credit losses and other impairment losses

In 2020, expected credit losses and other impairment losses of HK$100,576 million were recorded, an increase of 5.0% from the year before. CITIC Bank accounted for HK$93,141 million of these losses, including HK$77,761 million expected credited losses in its loans and advances to customers.

Net finance charges

In 2020, The finance costs of the Group amounted to HK$11,150 million, a year-on-year decrease of HK$1,553 million, or 12%, mainly due to the implementation of new lease standards which caused the decrease in interest expenses from loans.

In 2020, the finance income of the Group amounted to HK$1,266 million, a year-on-year decrease of HK$998 million, or 41%, mainly due to the decrease in interest income from bank deposits.

Income tax

In 2020, income tax of the Group was HK$16,790 million, a decrease of HK$1,037 million as compared with last year, mainly due to the increase in tax-free income from CITIC bank and other subsidiaries.