Hong Kong Exports 1952-2018 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

Exports from Hong Kong rose 8.1 percent year-on-year to HKD 333.2 billion in April 2018, following an 8 percent gain in March. Sales to Asia as a whole grew 7.2 percent, in particular Taiwan (+27.8 percent), Singapore (+15 percent), China (+12.9 percent), Thailand (+12.6 percent) and Malaysia (+10.4 percent). In contrast, total exports fell to India (-49.5 percent) and Korea (-2 percent). Apart from destinations in Asia, an increase was recorded in the values of total exports to USA (+11.7 percent), Germany (+8 percent) and the UK (+7 percent). By commodity, shipments advanced for electrical machinery & electrical parts thereof (+18.3 percent); office machines & automatic data processing machines (+17.3 percent) and miscellaneous manufactured articles (+31.5 percent). Meanwhile, a fall was registered in the value of total exports of non-metallic mineral manufactures (-42.9 percent). Exports in Hong Kong averaged 81729.52 HKD Million from 1952 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 367423 HKD Million in November of 2017 and a record low of 172 HKD Million in August of 1953.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous
2018-03-27	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	1.7%	18.1%
2018-04-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	8%	1.7%
2018-05-28	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	8.1%	8%
2018-06-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY		8.1%
2018-07-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY
2018-08-27	08:30 AM	Exports YoY

Hong Kong Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-46949.00	-55504.00	7228.00	-59898.00	HKD Million	[+]
Exports	330224.00	347732.00	367423.00	172.00	HKD Million	[+]
Imports	377173.00	403236.00	420586.00	230.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account	16251.00	15985.00	92020.00	-29059.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	4.20	4.00	15.00	-6.30	percent	[+]
Terms of Trade	100.00	99.70	108.50	99.00	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	-44572.00	-32013.00	22424.00	-89673.00	HKD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	5301602.00	4995122.00	6009577.00	427254.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	2.10	2.10	2.10	2.08	Tonnes	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	13356.84	13230.81	13356.84	1955.85	HKD Billion	[+]
External Debt	12775626.00	12220499.00	12775626.00	2707907.00	HKD Million	[+]

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Hong Kong Exports

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 June of 2018.