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Where does Hong Kong get its electric cables? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Hong Kong imported $3 billion of electric cables (163 thousand tonnes), 1.8% of the world total. China sold 71% of the total, followed by the United Arab Emirates (4%) and the United States (4%). Hong Kong was the world’s 15th-largest importer of electric cables.

Summary

Value
$3billion
Tonnes
163thousand tonnes
Share of world total
1.8%
World rank
15th
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
China2.1Tonnes: 117,087USD per tonne: $17,82570.6%Land
United Arab Emirates0.13Tonnes: 16,693USD per tonne: $7,6264.3%Sea
United States0.12Tonnes: 1,806USD per tonne: $60,9334%Air
Indonesia0.11Tonnes: 471USD per tonne: $235,0953.7%Air
Japan0.07Tonnes: 2,351USD per tonne: $31,6592.5%Sea
South Korea0.05Tonnes: 8,619USD per tonne: $5,8901.7%Sea
Thailand0.05Tonnes: 1,983USD per tonne: $23,8281.6%Sea
Vietnam0.04Tonnes: 822USD per tonne: $53,8541.5%Air
United Kingdom0.04Tonnes: 3,396USD per tonne: $13,1401.5%Sea
Germany0.04Tonnes: 676USD per tonne: $54,0201.2%Air
Taiwan0.03Tonnes: 1,636USD per tonne: $20,4691.1%Sea
India0.03Tonnes: 641USD per tonne: $44,1440.96%Air
Singapore re-exports0.03Tonnes: 311USD per tonne: $80,6250.85%Air
Turkey0.02Tonnes: 2,131USD per tonne: $8,0730.58%Sea
Malaysia0.02Tonnes: 890USD per tonne: $19,0090.57%Air
France0.01Tonnes: 42USD per tonne: $339,1340.48%Air
Oman0.01Tonnes: 1,559USD per tonne: $7,9070.42%Sea
Philippines0.01Tonnes: 239USD per tonne: $42,5160.34%Sea
Mexico0.01Tonnes: 226USD per tonne: $40,9900.31%Air
Italy0.01Tonnes: 267USD per tonne: $24,0120.22%Sea

Trend

Who it buys from

China was its main source throughout the period

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

  • China 2.1
  • United Arab Emirates 0.13
  • United States 0.12
  • Indonesia 0.11
  • Japan 0.07

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.472.1
United Arab Emirates< 0.010.13
United States0.060.12
Indonesia< 0.010.11
Japan0.130.07

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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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