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Trade and Industry Department The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
Brand Hong Kong - Asia world city

Trade Statistics

The Mainland of China, the United States of America and Germany were the top three leading exporters in world merchandise trade in 2022, with the exports values of US$3,594 billion, US$2,065 billion and US$1,655 billion respectively. Their corresponding shares in world total exports were 14.4%, 8.3% and 6.6%.

The Netherlands ranked the fourth in world exports (accounting for 3.9%) and Japan ranked the fifth (at 3.0%) in the same year. This was followed by Korea (at 2.7%), Italy (at 2.6%), Belgium and France (both at 2.5%), Hong Kong#, United Arab Emirates^ and Canada (all three at 2.4%), Mexico (at 2.3%), and Russia^ and the United Kingdom (both at 2.1%).

In 2022, Hong Kong ranked the fourth largest exporters after the Mainland, Japan and Korea in the region. The exports value of Hong Kong was US$610 billion, accounting for 2.4% of world total exports at US$24,904 billion.

Note :# Includes domestic exports and re-exports.
 ^ Secretariat estimates.

Source :World Trade Organization (press release on 31 July 2023, data downloaded on 1 August 2023)