Hong Kong Exports

Exports from Hong Kong fell 6.3 percent over a year earlier to HKD 352.7 billion in August 2019, mainly due to lower sales of telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (-11.7 percent); electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances, and electrical parts thereof (-4.1 percent); and non-metallic mineral manufactures (-21.5 percent). On the other hand, sales of power generating machinery and equipment advanced 18.1 percent. Exports to Asia as a whole declined 4.8 percent, in particular Malaysia (-21.6 percent), India (-20.8 percent), Thailand (-16.5 percent), the Mainland (-5.2 percent), Vietnam (-3.3 percent) and Singapore (-2.7 percent). In contrast, sales went up to Taiwan (31.2 percent) and the Philippines (18.1 percent). Apart from destinations in Asia, export decreased to the UK (-13.3 percent) and the US (-8.8 percent), while rose to Germany (+4.7 percent). Exports in Hong Kong averaged 86535.78 HKD Million from 1952 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 383651.50 HKD Million in October of 2018 and a record low of 172 HKD Million in August of 1953.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous
2019-06-25	08:30 AM	Exports YoY May	-2.4%	-2.6%
2019-07-25	08:30 AM	Exports YoY Jun	-9%	-2.4%
2019-08-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY Jul	-5.7%	-9%
2019-09-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY Aug	-6.3%	-5.7%
2019-10-24	08:30 AM	Exports YoY Sep		-6.3%
2019-11-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY Oct
2019-12-30	08:30 AM	Exports YoY Nov

Hong Kong Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-28049.00	-32172.00	7228.00	-59898.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account	37770.00	35107.00	92020.00	-29059.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	4.30	4.70	15.00	-6.30	percent	[+]
Imports	380777.00	370790.00	428452.00	230.00	HKD Million	[+]
Exports	352727.00	338618.00	383651.50	172.00	HKD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	99.00	100.10	108.50	99.00	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	-66571.00	-5018.00	22424.00	-89673.00	HKD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	3590571.00	5196969.00	6784406.00	427254.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	2.08	2.10	2.10	2.08	Tonnes	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	16469.27	15922.86	16469.27	1955.85	HKD Billion	[+]
External Debt	12760337.00	12695300.00	13257610.00	2707907.00	HKD Million	[+]

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Hong Kong has an export oriented economy with 99 percent of shipments coming from re-exports. Major exports are electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances which accounts for 36 percent of total shipments. Other exports include: telecommunications and sound equipment (20 percent); office and automatic data processing machines (10 percent); miscellaneous manufactured articles (5 percent) and non-metallic mineral manufactures (5 percent). Main export partners are China (40 percent), the United States (8 percent), Vietnam (6 percent), Singapore (5 percent), Taiwan and Macau. This page provides - Hong Kong Exports - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news. Hong Kong Exports - actual data, historical chart and calendar of releases - was last updated on October of 2019.