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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 United States of America, the Mainland of China and Germany were the top three leading importers in world merchandise trade in 2022, with the imports values of US$3,376 billion, US$2,716 billion and US$1,571 billion respectively. Their corresponding shares in world total imports were 13.2%, 10.6% and 6.1%.

The Netherlands and Japan ranked the fourth and the fifth respectively in world imports in the same year, both accounting for 3.5% share. This was followed by the United Kingdom and France (both at 3.2%), Korea (at 2.9%), India (at 2.8%), Italy (at 2.7%), Hong Kong (at 2.6%), Mexico and Belgium (both at 2.4%), Canada (at 2.3%) and Spain (at 1.9%).

In 2022, Hong Kong ranked the fifth largest importers after the Mainland, Japan, Korea and India in the region. The imports value of Hong Kong was US$668 billion, accounting for 2.6% of world total imports at US$25,621 billion.

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