Also called Pearl of the Orient, Hong Kong is also known for exporting gold, diamonds and jewelry.
The following list shows which Hong Kong exports generated the most money from international sales during 2017. Unlike most information currently available on the web, the items below are detailed at the 4-digit tariff code level.
This level of granularity can help entrepreneurs identify precisely which products in which Hong Kong has strong competitive advantages over other nations.
For the most recent data on Hong Kong exports, please visit the link for Hong Kong’s Top 10 Exports listed in the See also paragraph below.
Highest Value Hong Kong Export Products
Below are the 20 highest value export products shipped from Hong Kong during 2017. Shown within brackets is the change in value for each item from 2016 to 2017.
- Integrated circuits/microassemblies: US$113.1 billion (up 13.7% since 2016)
- Phone system devices including smartphones: $76 billion (up 1.2%)
- Gold (unwrought): $52.2 billion (down -3.4%)
- Computer parts, accessories: $24.1 billion (up 15.6%)
- Computers, optical readers: $20.9 billion (up 10.2%)
- Diamonds (unmounted/unset): $17.1 billion (up 12.2%)
- Solar power diodes/semi-conductors: $13.1 billion (up 9.4%)
- Printed circuits: $10.9 billion (up 15.3%)
- TV/radio/radar device parts: $10.7 billion (up 1.4%)
- Electrical converters/power units: $10.6 billion (up 8.5%)
- Lower-voltage switches, fuses: $8.2 billion (up 1.9%)
- Printing machinery: $6.8 billion (down -4.7%)
- Jewelry: $6.2 billion (up 3.5%)
- Microphones/headphones/amps: $4.7 billion (up 18.7%)
- Wrist/pocket watches (no precious metal case): $4.5 billion (down -2.9%)
- Electrical capacitators: $4.5 billion (up 6.4%)
- Unrecorded sound media: $4.3 billion (up 30.8%)
- Cases, handbags, wallets: $4.3 billion (up 2.4%)
- Turbo-jets: $4.1 billion (up 4.6%)
- Liquid crystal/laser/optical tools: $3.9 billion (up 36%)
Heavy adoption of technology and related tools is another enduring theme reflected in Hong Kong’s exports.
Hong Kong’s fastest-growing exported goods were liquid crystal, laser or optical tools (up 36%), unrecorded sound media (up 30.8%), microphones, headphones and amplifiers (up 18.7%) and computer parts or accessories (up 15.6%).
Year over year, there were three decliners: printing machinery (down -4.7%), gold (down -3.4%) and wrist or pocket watches (down -2.9%).
See also Hong Kong’s Top 10 Exports and Hong Kong’s Top Trading Partners
Research Sources:
International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database (GDP based on Purchasing Power Parity). Accessed on March 26, 2018
The World Factbook, Field Listing: Exports and World Population, Central Intelligence Agency. Accessed on March 26, 2018
Trade Map, International Trade Centre, www.intracen.org/marketanalysis. Accessed on March 26, 2018