Imports to Hong Kong rose 16.5% year-on-year to $480.4 billion in July 2025, accelerating from an 11.1% gain in June. Imports rose notably from Vietnam (+129.3%), Thailand (+33.1%), Singapore (+28.7%), the United Kingdom (+24.8%), Japan (+22.3%) and the mainland of China (+16.3%), while imports from the US (-8.8%) declined. By product category, imports rose across most sectors, led by electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (21.9% vs 14.6% in June), telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing equipment (49.8% vs 17.7%), office machines and automatic data processing machines (0.7% vs 9.8%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (12.4% vs 12.6%), power-generating machinery and equipment (29.1% vs 38.7%), and non-metallic mineral manufactures (7.1% vs -15.6%). In contrast, imports declined in professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus (-11.9% vs -9.4%), and petroleum and related products (-3.4% vs -10.5%). source: Census and Statistics Department, Hong Kong

Imports YoY in Hong Kong increased to 16.50 percent in July from 11.10 percent in June of 2025. Imports YoY in Hong Kong averaged 11.66 percent from 1953 until 2025, 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 September of 2025.



Calendar GMT Reference Actual Previous Consensus TEForecast
2025-07-28 08:30 AM
Imports YoY
Jun 11.1% 18.9%
2025-08-26 08:30 AM
Imports YoY
Jul 16.5% 11.1%
2025-09-25 08:30 AM
Imports YoY
Aug 16.5%


Related Last Previous Unit Reference
Balance of Trade -34120.00 -58925.00 HKD Million Jul 2025
Capital Flows 160300.00 133806.00 HKD Million Mar 2025
Current Account 125237.00 95899.00 HKD Million Mar 2025
Current Account to GDP 11.50 7.70 percent of GDP Dec 2024
Exports 446297.00 417818.00 HKD Million Jul 2025
Exports YoY 14.30 11.90 percent Jul 2025
External Debt 14948772.00 14830021.00 HKD Million Mar 2025
Foreign Direct Investment 19732.32 19078.92 HKD Billion Mar 2025
Imports 480417.00 476744.00 HKD Million Jul 2025
Imports YoY 16.50 11.10 percent Jul 2025
Terms of Trade 100.60 101.00 points Jun 2025
Tourist Arrivals 3480979.00 4078938.00 Jun 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
16.50 11.10 61.60 -36.60 1953 - 2025 percent Monthly

News Stream
Hong Kong Imports Surge 16.5% in July
Imports to Hong Kong rose 16.5% year-on-year to $480.4 billion in July 2025, accelerating from an 11.1% gain in June. Imports rose notably from Vietnam (+129.3%), Thailand (+33.1%), Singapore (+28.7%), the United Kingdom (+24.8%), Japan (+22.3%) and the mainland of China (+16.3%), while imports from the US (-8.8%) declined. By product category, imports rose across most sectors, led by electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (21.9% vs 14.6% in June), telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing equipment (49.8% vs 17.7%), office machines and automatic data processing machines (0.7% vs 9.8%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (12.4% vs 12.6%), power-generating machinery and equipment (29.1% vs 38.7%), and non-metallic mineral manufactures (7.1% vs -15.6%). In contrast, imports declined in professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus (-11.9% vs -9.4%), and petroleum and related products (-3.4% vs -10.5%).
2025-08-26
Hong Kong Import Growth Slows to 5-Month Low
Imports to Hong Kong rose 11.1% year-on-year to $476.7 billion in June 2025, the slowest pace in five months, easing from an 18.9% gain in May. Imports rose notably from Vietnam (+50.6%), the United Kingdom (+44.7%), mainland China (+17.3%), Thailand (+15.9%), and the US (+3.9%), while declining from South Korea (-27.1%). By product category, imports rose across most sectors, led by electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (14.6% vs 23.7% in May), telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing equipment (17.7% vs 14.8%), office machines and automatic data processing machines (9.8% vs 69.4%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (12.6% vs 2.8%), and power-generating machinery and equipment (38.7% vs 22.7%). In contrast, imports declined in non-metallic mineral manufactures (-15.6% vs -4.1%), professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus (-9.4% vs 9.2%), and petroleum and related products (-10.5% vs -9.5%).
2025-07-28
Hong Kong Imports Hit Highest Annual Growth Since January 2024
Imports to Hong Kong jumped 18.9% YoY to $461.4 billion in May 2025, the strongest growth since January 2024, following a 15.8% rise in the previous month. Imports rose notably from Vietnam (+67.3%), the United Kingdom (+49.2%), Taiwan (+33.5%), Malaysia (+27.7%), Mainland China (+18.5%), and the US (+10.7%), while declining from South Korea (-5.0%). By product category, imports rose across most sectors, led by electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (23.7% vs 16.8% in April), office machines and automatic data processing machines (69.4% vs 67.1%), telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing equipment (14.8% vs 29.5%), miscellaneous manufactured articles (2.8% vs -8.7%), and power-generating machinery and equipment (22.7% vs 20.4%). In contrast, imports declined in non-metallic mineral manufactures (-4.1% vs -15.0%) and petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (-9.5% vs -18.2%).
2025-06-26


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