Hong Kong Exports 1952-2017 | Data | Chart | Calendar | Forecast | News

Exports from Hong Kong increased 7.3 percent year-on-year to HKD 326.6 billion in July of 2017, driven by sales of electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (13.6%); professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus (28.4%) and office machines and automatic data processing machines (6.0%). However, sales of articles of apparel and clothing accessories fell 12.3 percent. Sales to Asia as a whole went up by 8.8 percent, mainly to Philippines (26.7 percent); Taiwan (23.5 percent); Thailand (12.7 percent); Japan (9 percent); China (8.8 percent) and Singapore (7.8 percent). Apart from destinations in Asia, an increase was registered in exports to Germany (6.7 percent) while declines were seen to the United Kingdom (-4.9 percent) and the United States (-0.6 percent). Exports in Hong Kong averaged 78816.69 HKD Million from 1952 until 2017, reaching an all time high of 340935 HKD Million in November of 2016 and a record low of 172 HKD Million in August of 1953.

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Calendar	GMT		Actual	Previous
2017-06-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	4%	7.1%
2017-07-27	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	11.1%	4%
2017-08-24	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	7.3%	11.1%
2017-09-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY		7.3%
2017-10-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY
2017-11-27	08:30 AM	Exports YoY

Hong Kong Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-29601.00	-48278.00	7228.00	-59253.00	HKD Million	[+]
Exports	326589.00	329406.00	340935.00	172.00	HKD Million	[+]
Imports	356190.00	377684.00	385817.00	230.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account	16409.00	16669.00	92020.00	-29059.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	4.50	3.30	13.70	-6.30	percent	[+]
Terms of Trade	99.10	100.30	108.50	99.00	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	-45533.00	12087.00	22424.00	-89673.00	HKD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	5167700.00	4203256.00	6009577.00	427254.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	2.08	2.08	2.08	2.08	Tonnes	[+]
External Debt	11670549.00	10988936.00	11670549.00	2707907.00	HKD Million	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	13356.84	13230.81	13356.84	1955.85	HKD Billion	[+]

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Hong Kong Exports

Hong Kong has an export oriented economy with 98 percent of shipments coming from re-exports. Major exports are electronics and household electrical appliances which accounts for 58 percent of total exports. Other exports include clothing and footwear (6 percent), textile yarn and fabrics (2.4 percent), toys and games (2.3 percent) and watches and clocks (2.2 percent). Major export partners are China (54 percent), the United States (9.9 percent) and the European Union (9.7 percent). Others include: Japan, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea. 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 September of 2017.