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Where does Hong Kong get its jewelry? Import sources 2024

In 2024, Hong Kong imported $18.6 billion of jewelry (318 tonnes), 15.8% of the world total. Its main sources were China (40%), the United States (10%) and Switzerland (8%). Hong Kong was the world’s largest importer of jewelry.

Summary

Value
$18.6billion
Tonnes
318tonnes
Share of world total
15.8%
World rank
1st
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
China7.4Tonnes: 151USD per tonne: $48,922,75839.7%Land
United States1.8Tonnes: 16USD per tonne: $115,442,3269.8%Air
Switzerland1.6Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $472,049,1608.4%Air
India1Tonnes: 9USD per tonne: $114,024,2135.6%Air
United Arab Emirates0.98Tonnes: 12USD per tonne: $79,291,8405.3%Air
France0.69Tonnes: 8USD per tonne: $91,722,4613.7%Air
Turkey0.6Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $56,262,3573.3%Air
Taiwan0.59Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $815,000,4923.2%Air
Indonesia0.54Tonnes: 11USD per tonne: $50,685,3262.9%Air
Italy0.54Tonnes: 47USD per tonne: $11,534,4222.9%Air
United Kingdom0.48Tonnes: 5USD per tonne: $101,227,4272.6%Air
Japan0.46Tonnes: 7USD per tonne: $70,816,1792.5%Air
Thailand0.35Tonnes: 15USD per tonne: $23,183,2831.9%Air
Macao0.35Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $195,906,6241.9%Air
Singapore re-exports0.32Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $167,726,2291.7%Air
South Korea0.16Tonnes: 3USD per tonne: $62,162,7860.85%Air
Qatar0.14Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $3,924,086,5830.76%Air
Ireland0.1Tonnes: 0USD per tonne: $243,888,9470.55%Air
Israel0.09Tonnes: 1USD per tonne: $62,779,9290.46%Air
Vietnam0.05Tonnes: 2USD per tonne: $29,174,4950.29%Air

Trend

Who it buys from

China has been its main source since 1996

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

  • China 7.4
  • United States 1.8
  • Switzerland 1.6
  • India 1
  • United Arab Emirates 0.98

Source: CEPII BACI

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Partner19952024
China0.17.4
United States0.081.8
Switzerland0.141.6
India0.031
United Arab Emirates0.010.98

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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