Hong Kong Exports

Exports from Hong Kong rose 4.5 percent year-on-year to HKD 375 billion in September 2018, as shipments increased for electrical machinery, apparatus & appliances & electrical parts thereof (+12.8 percent); miscellaneous manufactured articles (+11.2 percent) and office machines & automatic data processing machines (+5 percent). Contrarily, exports dropped for professional, scientific & controlling instruments (-7 percent). Among major trading partners, sales went up to Thailand (+23.2 percent), South Korea (+9.9 percent), Malaysia (+9.4 percent), the Philippines (+7.6 percent) and China (+7 percent), while exports declined to Japan (-13.9 percent) and Taiwan (-9.5 percent). Exports in Hong Kong averaged 83469.14 HKD Million from 1952 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 376302.80 HKD Million in August of 2018 and a record low of 172 HKD Million in August of 1953.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous
2018-08-27	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	10%	3.3%
2018-09-27	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	13.1%	10%
2018-10-25	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	4.5%	13.1%
2018-11-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY		4.5%
2018-12-27	08:30 AM	Exports YoY

Hong Kong Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-47715.00	-52149.00	7228.00	-59898.00	HKD Million	[+]
Exports	374961.00	376303.00	376303.00	172.00	HKD Million	[+]
Imports	422676.00	428452.00	428452.00	230.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account	15660.00	16564.00	92020.00	-29059.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	4.20	4.00	15.00	-6.30	percent	[+]
Terms of Trade	99.00	99.00	108.50	99.00	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	-45878.00	-44572.00	22424.00	-89673.00	HKD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	4718536.00	5895951.00	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	13057340.00	12775626.00	13057340.00	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 November of 2018.