Imports to Hong Kong surged 38.1% year-on-year to USD 535 billion in January 2026, accelerating from a 30.6% increase in December. This marked the strongest annual growth rate since March 2010, driven by higher purchases of non-ferrous metals (135.3%), telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing equipment (80%), power-generating machinery and equipment (46.5%), electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances, and electrical parts (44.8%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (44.1%), and non-metallic mineral manufactures (30.3%). By source, imports expanded most from Vietnam (129.8%), India (125.1%), Korea (75%), Mainland China (46.6%), and Singapore (42.8%). source: Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong

Imports YoY in Hong Kong increased to 38.10 percent in January from 30.60 percent in December of 2025. Imports YoY in Hong Kong averaged 11.73 percent from 1953 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 61.60 percent in August of 1968 and a record low of -36.60 percent in September of 1967. This page includes a chart with historical data for Hong Kong Imports YoY. Hong Kong Imports YoY - data, historical chart, forecasts and calendar of releases - was last updated on March of 2026.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2026-01-27 08:30 AM
Imports YoY
Dec 30.6% 18.1%
2026-02-27 08:30 AM
Imports YoY
Jan 38.1% 30.6%
2026-03-26 08:30 AM
Imports YoY
Feb 38.1%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade -14094.00 -63253.00 HKD Million Jan 2026
Capital Flows 134420.00 126555.00 HKD Million Sep 2025
Current Account 98175.00 95808.00 HKD Million Sep 2025
Current Account to GDP 11.50 7.70 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Exports 520564.00 512795.00 HKD Million Jan 2026
Exports YoY 33.80 26.10 percent Jan 2026
External Debt 15746080.00 15463551.00 HKD Million Sep 2025
Foreign Direct Investment 20783.30 20178.29 HKD Billion Sep 2025
Imports 534659.00 576048.00 HKD Million Jan 2026
Imports YoY 38.10 30.60 percent Jan 2026
Terms of Trade 99.40 100.60 points Dec 2025
Tourist Arrivals 4645397.00 4189272.00 Dec 2025


Hong Kong Imports YoY
Hong Kong imports mainly machinery and transport equipment (66 percent of total imports); miscellaneous manufactured articles (14 percent); manufactured goods (9 percent) and food and live animals (4 percent). Main import partners are: China (47 percent), Taiwan (8 percent) and Singapore (7 percent). Others include: Japan, South Korea and the United States.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
38.10 30.60 61.60 -36.60 1953 - 2026 percent Monthly

News Stream
Hong Kong Imports Growth Strongest Since 2010
Imports to Hong Kong surged 38.1% year-on-year to USD 535 billion in January 2026, accelerating from a 30.6% increase in December. This marked the strongest annual growth rate since March 2010, driven by higher purchases of non-ferrous metals (135.3%), telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing equipment (80%), power-generating machinery and equipment (46.5%), electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances, and electrical parts (44.8%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (44.1%), and non-metallic mineral manufactures (30.3%). By source, imports expanded most from Vietnam (129.8%), India (125.1%), Korea (75%), Mainland China (46.6%), and Singapore (42.8%).
2026-02-27
Hong Kong Imports Surge to Record High
Imports to Hong Kong surged 30.6% year-on-year to reach a record high of USD 576 billion in December 2025, following an 18.1% increase in the previous month. This marked the fastest annual growth since June 2021, fueled by increased purchases across all product categories. The largest increases were observed in electrical machinery, apparatus, and appliances, including parts (27.9%), telecommunications and sound recording/reproducing equipment (59.6%), office machines and automatic data processing machines (47%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (41%), and power-generating machinery and equipment (43.2%). By source, imports grew most from Mainland China (33.9%), Taiwan (30.8%), Singapore (17.2%), and Korea (15.9%), while arrivals from Thailand declined by 6.4%.
2026-01-27
Hong Kong November Imports Surge 18.1%
Imports to Hong Kong surged 18.1% year-on-year to $517.4 billion in November 2025, hitting the highest since December 2021, following an 18.3% gain in October. Growth was driven by electrical machinery and parts (+16.9%), telecommunications and sound recording equipment (+34.3%), office machines and automatic data processing machines (+7.9%), and professional, scientific and controlling instruments (+20.5%), while miscellaneous manufactured articles fell 4.5%. By source, imports rose most sharply from Vietnam (+102.3%), Mainland China (+25.0%), Malaysia (+21.1%), the UK (+19.7%), the US (+17.8%), Japan (+5.1%), Taiwan (+3.1%) and Singapore (+1.6%), while imports from Korea declined by 6.3%.
2025-12-29


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