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Where does Hong Kong get its cars? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Hong Kong imported $2.2 billion of cars (106 thousand tonnes), 0.2% of the world total. Its main sources were China (40%), Japan (21%) and Germany (15%). Hong Kong was the world’s 58th-largest importer of cars.

Summary

Value
$2.2billion
Tonnes
106thousand tonnes
Share of world total
0.2%
World rank
58th
Routes from the main sources. Width: value; color: estimated transport mode.SeaAirLand

Sources

The 20 main sources in the latest year.

PartnerValue (USD millions)TonnesUSD per tonneShareMode
China902Tonnes: 49,364USD per tonne: $18,27840.4%Land
Japan470Tonnes: 25,706USD per tonne: $18,30321.1%Sea
Germany344Tonnes: 14,340USD per tonne: $23,97515.4%Sea
Macao101Tonnes: 3,157USD per tonne: $31,8874.5%Sea
United States80.6Tonnes: 2,933USD per tonne: $27,4873.6%Sea
United Kingdom75.2Tonnes: 1,769USD per tonne: $42,5403.4%Air
Italy72.3Tonnes: 1,402USD per tonne: $51,5743.2%Air
Slovenia25Tonnes: 1,419USD per tonne: $17,6321.1%Sea
Estonia23.5Tonnes: 426USD per tonne: $55,1741.1%Air
South Korea21.3Tonnes: 1,154USD per tonne: $18,4880.96%Sea
Luxembourg19.3Tonnes: 630USD per tonne: $30,6000.86%Sea
Netherlands re-exports16.3Tonnes: 386USD per tonne: $42,2800.73%Sea
Czechia16.1Tonnes: 242USD per tonne: $66,7210.72%Air
United Arab Emirates7.3Tonnes: 224USD per tonne: $32,6200.33%Sea
Hungary6.6Tonnes: 359USD per tonne: $18,4250.3%Sea
Belgium re-exports6.3Tonnes: 286USD per tonne: $22,0260.28%Sea
Sweden5.5Tonnes: 45USD per tonne: $123,5690.25%Air
India4.5Tonnes: 302USD per tonne: $14,9540.2%Sea
Slovakia4.2Tonnes: 141USD per tonne: $29,5190.19%Sea
South Africa3.3Tonnes: 236USD per tonne: $13,8850.15%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 2022

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

  • China 0.9
  • Japan 0.47
  • Germany 0.34
  • Macao 0.1
  • United States 0.08

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.030.9
Japan0.890.47
Germany0.410.34
Macao< 0.010.1
United States0.540.08

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

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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