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Where does Hong Kong get its batteries? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Hong Kong imported $2.5 billion of batteries (80 thousand tonnes), 1.6% of the world total. China sold 79% of the total, followed by Malaysia (6%) and Singapore (5%). Hong Kong was the world’s 18th-largest importer of batteries.

Summary

Value
$2.5billion
Tonnes
80thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.6%
World rank
18th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD billions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China2Tonnes: 60,143USD per tonne: $33,11879.3%Land
Malaysia0.15Tonnes: 3,320USD per tonne: $44,3485.9%Air
Singapore re-exports0.12Tonnes: 3,685USD per tonne: $31,6564.6%Sea
Germany0.07Tonnes: 1,702USD per tonne: $38,6092.6%Air
Japan0.06Tonnes: 2,544USD per tonne: $21,7752.2%Sea
Taiwan0.04Tonnes: 877USD per tonne: $40,2471.4%Air
United States0.03Tonnes: 639USD per tonne: $45,0941.2%Air
South Korea0.03Tonnes: 3,708USD per tonne: $7,7111.1%Air
Philippines0.01Tonnes: 492USD per tonne: $11,8260.23%Air
Vietnam0.01Tonnes: 270USD per tonne: $18,9640.2%Air
Thailand0.01Tonnes: 226USD per tonne: $22,1380.2%Air
Indonesia< 0.01Tonnes: 130USD per tonne: $32,6310.17%Air
India< 0.01Tonnes: 416USD per tonne: $8,7380.14%Air
France< 0.01Tonnes: 190USD per tonne: $16,3620.12%Air
Netherlands re-exports< 0.01Tonnes: 134USD per tonne: $15,5610.08%Air
United Kingdom< 0.01Tonnes: 429USD per tonne: $4,1220.07%Sea
Italy< 0.01Tonnes: 203USD per tonne: $5,8040.05%Sea
Spain< 0.01Tonnes: 134USD per tonne: $8,5830.05%Sea
Panama< 0.01Tonnes: 20USD per tonne: $50,4900.04%Air
Sweden< 0.01Tonnes: 88USD per tonne: $11,0890.04%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 1996

Value in USD billions. The five largest sources in 2024.

  • China 2
  • Malaysia 0.15
  • Singapore 0.12
  • Germany 0.07
  • Japan 0.06

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.162
Malaysia< 0.010.15
Singapore0.020.12
Germany0.010.07
Japan0.170.06

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Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), which reconciles what exporters and importers report: countries that stopped reporting (Russia since 2022) appear with their partners’ data. FOB values in current US dollars; tonnes when BACI reports them. The price per tonne is the value of the rows with a weight divided by that weight. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. Data up to 2024.

Hong Kong, Singapore, the Netherlands and Belgium re-export goods from other countries: their figures include transit.

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