Hong Kong - EU Trade Relations

Hong Kong and the EU* are Important Trading Partners

  • In 2025, bilateral merchandise trade between Hong Kong and the European Union (EU) amounted to €55.7 billion (HK$490.8 billion), dropped by 0.6% over 2024.
  • Germany, France and Netherlands were Hong Kong's top three merchandise trading partners among all the EU Member States in 2025. They represented 22%, 18% and 17% of Hong Kong's total merchandise trade with the EU respectively. Details on Hong Kong's merchandise trade with the EU are in the Table.
  • Goods imported from the EU accounted for 3.8% (€24.6 billion or HK$217.2 billion) of Hong Kong's total merchandise imports in 2025. Major goods imported from the EU to Hong Kong in 2025 were semi-conductors, electronic valves and tubes, travel goods and handbags as well as non-electric engines and motors.
  • Hong Kong-origin goods exported to the EU accounted for 2.2% (€0.16 billion or HK$1.4 billion) of Hong Kong's total domestic exports in 2025. Hong Kong's major domestic exports to the EU in 2025 included jewellery, pearls, precious and semi-precious stones as well as silver and platinum.

Hong Kong is an Important Entrepot for Mainland-EU Trade

  • Hong Kong is an important entrepot for merchandise trade between the EU and Chinese Mainland. In 2024, around 5% (€24.1 billion or HK$204 billion) of Chinese Mainland's exports to the EU, and around 4% (€9.6 billion or HK$81 billion) of Chinese Mainland's imports from the EU, were routed through Hong Kong.

Hong Kong is an Important Location for EU Interests

  • Hong Kong is a separate customs territory, and participates in the World Trade Organization as a full and separate member, using the name "Hong Kong, China".
  • Hong Kong welcomes overseas investments and offers an environment in which there is free flow of capital and return on investment without exchange controls.
  • As at 2 June 2025, there were 340 regional headquarters, 510 regional offices and 930 local offices in Hong Kong with parent companies located in the EU. **
  • As at end-2023, the position of inward direct investment from the EU amounted to €33 billion (HK$285 billion) at market price. The EU was an important source of inward direct investment in both the accommodation and food services sector and the manufacturing sector.
  • Hong Kong is one of the world's major financial centres. As at end-2024, 17 out of the 150 licensed banks, one out of the 15 restricted licence banks and four out of 29 local representative offices in Hong Kong were owned by EU interests.
  • As at 30 June 2025, of the 158 insurance companies authorised in Hong Kong, 16 are EU companies. EU companies also participate actively in securities and futures trading, investment advice and fund management in Hong Kong.
  • Hong Kong has signed Investment Promotion and Protection Agreements (IPPA) with the following EU Member States: Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Sweden. Please click here for more information.
Value in HK$ billion (€ billion)
  Summary of Hong Kong's Trade with the EU
  2024 % Change
2024/2023
 2025 % Change
2025/2024
Domestic Exports 1.2
(0.1)		 -39.1 1.4
(0.2)
 +18.5
Re-exports 274.5
(32.5)		 +1.0 272.2
(30.9)
 -0.8
Total Exports 275.7
(32.6)		 +0.7 273.6
(31.1)
 -0.7
Imports 217.9
(25.8)		 -7.9 217.2
(24.6)
 -0.3
Total Trade 493.6
(58.4)		 -3.3 490.8
(55.7)
 -0.6

Trade and Industry Department
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

February 2026

Notes:

1
Exchange rate in 2024: €1 = HK$8.45; Exchange rate in 2025: €1 = HK$8.81
2
Statistics in this fact sheet are sourced from the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Eurostat, and the WTO.
3
While every effort is made to ensure the accuracy of the above information, the Department cannot guarantee this to be so and will not be held liable for any reliance placed on the same.
*
The EU comprises 27 Member States, namely, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden.
**
Figures are rounded to the nearest ten.

TABLE

HONG KONG'S MERCHANDISE Trade WITH THE EU AND INDIVIDUAL MEMBER STATES IN 2025
  Value of
Total Trade
(in million €)		 Value of
Imports
(in million €)		 Value of Domestic Exports
(in million €)		 Value of
Re-exports
(in million €)
World 1,240,305 645,497 7,495 587,312
The EU 55,708
(4.5%)		 24,650
(3.8%)		 161
(2.2%)		 30,897
(5.3%)
Ranking Member States  
1 Germany 12,028
(21.59%)		 5,763
(23.38%)		 35
(22.02%)		 6,230
(20.16%)
2 France 10,016
(17.98%)		 6,340
(25.72%)		 25
(15.36%)		 3,651
(11.82%)
3 Netherlands 9,424
(16.92%)		 2,337
(9.48%)		 24
(14.80%)		 7,063
(22.86%)
4 Italy 6,991
(12.55%)		 4,373
(17.74%)		 28
(17.38%)		 2,590
(8.38%)
5 Belgium 2,942
(5.28%)		 1,537
(6.24%)		 25
(15.75%)		 1,380
(4.47%)
6 Poland 2,352
(4.22%)		 324
(1.31%)		 0.4
(0.23%)		 2,028
(6.56%)
7 Spain 1,888
(3.39%)		 835
(3.39%)		 7.0
(4.35%)		 1,046
(3.39%)
8 The Czech Republic 1,488
(2.67%)		 266
(1.08%)		 0.3
(0.18%)		 1,221
(3.95%)
9 Hungary 1,430
(2.57%)		 394
(1.60%)		 0.01
(0.01%)		 1,037
(3.35%)
10 Austria 983
(1.76%)		 314
(1.27%)		 2.6
(1.60%)		 666
(2.16%)
11 Luxembourg 955
(1.71%)		 328
(1.33%)		 0.3
(0.16%)		 627
(2.03%)
12 Ireland 951
(1.71%)		 502
(2.04%)		 2.4
(1.51%)		 447
(1.45%)
13 Sweden 836
(1.50%)		 289
(1.17%)		 1.5
(0.96%)		 546
(1.77%)
14 Denmark 578
(1.04%)		 234
(0.95%)		 2.7
(1.66%)		 341
(1.10%)
15 Romania 466
(0.84%)		 51
(0.20%)		 1.8
(1.10%)		 414
(1.34%)
16 Portugal 321
(0.58%)		 82
(0.33%)		 3.0
(1.85%)		 237
(0.77%)
17 Malta 287
(0.52%)		 264
(1.07%)		 0.2
(0.09%)		 23
(0.07%)
18 Slovenia 281
(0.50%)		 84
(0.34%)		 0.3
(0.16%)		 196
(0.63%)
19 Greece 266
(0.48%)		 51
(0.21%)		 0.6
(0.38%)		 214
(0.69%)
20 Bulgaria 253
(0.45%)		 101
(0.41%)		 0.3
(0.16%)		 152
(0.49%)
21 Lithuania 192
(0.34%)		 18
(0.07%)		 0.02
(0.01%)		 174
(0.56%)
22 Estonia 187
(0.34%)		 29
(0.12%)		 0.08
(0.05%)		 158
(0.51%)
23 Finland 177
(0.32%)		 58
(0.24%)		 0.1
(0.08%)		 119
(0.39%)
24 Slovakia 147
(0.26%)		 23
(0.09%)		 0.003
(0.002%)		 124
(0.40%)
25 Latvia 115
(0.21%)		 28
(0.11%)		 0.07
(0.05%)		 87
(0.28%)
26 Croatia 109
(0.20%)		 17
(0.07%)		 0.0001
(0.0001%)		 92
(0.30%)
27 Cyprus 43
(0.08%)		 10
(0.04%)		 0.1
(0.08%)		 33
(0.11%)

Note:

1
Figures in brackets for the EU represent the percentage share among all trading partners of Hong Kong and that for individual Member States represent the percentage share among all EU Member States.
2
The ranking is based on total trade value.
3
Due to rounding, the figures may not add up to the total.
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