Hong Kong Exports

Exports from Hong Kong shrank 6.9% yoy to HKD 228.7 billion in February of 2019, mainly due to lower sales of electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (-8%); office machines and automatic data processing machines (-13.7%); and miscellaneous manufactured articles (mainly jewellery, goldsmiths' and silversmiths' wares) (-13%). However, an increase was registered in sales of telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (3.8%). Shipments to Asia as a whole went down 7.8%, namely sales to India (-41.2%), Taiwan (-26.5%), Japan (-19.7%) and China (-5.3%). On the other hand, increases were seen in exports to Malaysia (14.3%), Vietnam (12.2%) and Singapore (11.1%). Apart from destinations in Asia, decreases were registered in shipments to the US (-20.5%) and Germany (-15%) while an increase was registered in exports to the United Kingdom (30.7%). Exports in Hong Kong averaged 85017.46 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
2018-12-27	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	-0.8%	14.6%
2019-01-28	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	-5.8%	-0.8%
2019-02-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	-0.4%	-5.8%
2019-03-26	08:30 AM	Exports YoY	-6.9%	-0.4%
2019-04-29	08:30 AM	Exports YoY		-6.9%
2019-05-27	08:30 AM	Exports YoY
2019-06-25	08:30 AM	Exports YoY

Hong Kong Trade	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Balance of Trade	-48834.00	-10299.00	7228.00	-59898.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account	42078.00	48005.00	92020.00	-29059.00	HKD Million	[+]
Current Account to GDP	4.30	4.70	15.00	-6.30	percent	[+]
Imports	277508.00	359000.00	428452.00	230.00	HKD Million	[+]
Exports	228674.00	348701.00	383651.50	172.00	HKD Million	[+]
Terms of Trade	100.30	100.90	108.50	99.00	Index Points	[+]
Capital Flows	-66114.00	-27476.00	22424.00	-89673.00	HKD Million	[+]
Tourist Arrivals	5589628.00	6784406.00	6784406.00	427254.00		[+]
Gold Reserves	2.10	2.10	2.10	2.08	Tonnes	[+]
Foreign Direct Investment	15189.80	13356.84	15189.80	1955.85	HKD Billion	[+]
External Debt	13257610.00	12972265.00	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 April of 2019.