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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 traders in world merchandise trade in 2022, with the trade values of US$6,310 billion, US$5,441 billion and US$3,227 billion respectively. Their corresponding shares in world total trade were 12.5%, 10.8% and 6.4%.

The Netherlands ranked the fourth in total trade of the world (accounting for 3.7%) and Japan ranked the fifth (at 3.3%) in the same year. This was followed by France and Korea (both at 2.8%), the United Kingdom and Italy (both at 2.7%), Hong Kong# and Belgium (both at 2.5%), Mexico (at 2.4%), Canada and India (both at 2.3%) and United Arab Emirates^ (at 2.0%).

In 2022, Hong Kong ranked the fourth largest traders after the Mainland, Japan and Korea in the region. Total trade value of Hong Kong was US$1,277 billion, accounting for 2.5% of world total trade at US$50,526 billion.

Notes:  Total trade includes exports and imports.
 # Includes domestic exports and re-exports.
 ^ Secretariat estimates.

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