Summary
Some of these goods may have been produced in another country: countries record origin in different ways.
- Share of its imports
- 17.9%
- Value imported
- $2.4billion
- Rank among its suppliers
- 2nd
- Products where it sells over 50%
- 40
- Products where it sells over 75%
- 15
- Dominated value
- $796million
- Share of total imports
- 5.9%
Trend
Trend in shares
Hong Kong went from 34.7% to 17.9% of what Macao buys
Share (%)
- Hong Kong 17.9%
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Value (USD millions) | Share | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 911 | 34.7% | 1 |
| 1996 | 953 | 36% | 1 |
| 1997 | 922 | 31.5% | 1 |
| 1998 | 915 | 32.9% | 1 |
| 1999 | 665 | 24.9% | 2 |
| 2000 | 894 | 32.1% | 1 |
| 2001 | 849 | 31.1% | 2 |
| 2002 | 679 | 22.3% | 2 |
| 2003 | 745 | 21.3% | 2 |
| 2004 | 695 | 18.1% | 2 |
| 2005 | 876 | 20.5% | 2 |
| 2006 | 863 | 17.5% | 2 |
| 2007 | 1,070 | 18.2% | 2 |
| 2008 | 1,085 | 18.3% | 2 |
| 2009 | 1,108 | 22.3% | 2 |
| 2010 | 1,369 | 24.1% | 2 |
| 2011 | 2,316 | 30.1% | 2 |
| 2012 | 2,308 | 28.1% | 2 |
| 2013 | 3,466 | 33.2% | 1 |
| 2014 | 3,702 | 32.1% | 1 |
| 2015 | 7,850 | 63.9% | 1 |
| 2016 | 2,265 | 25.3% | 2 |
| 2017 | 2,526 | 26.4% | 2 |
| 2018 | 2,242 | 21.8% | 2 |
| 2019 | 2,607 | 23.3% | 2 |
| 2020 | 1,359 | 14.8% | 2 |
| 2021 | 1,907 | 12.6% | 2 |
| 2022 | 2,319 | 15.8% | 2 |
| 2023 | 2,161 | 15% | 2 |
| 2024 | 2,409 | 17.9% | 2 |
Products where Hong Kong sells more than half
| Product | Supplier | Share | Second | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cars | Hong Kong | 59.9% | Japan · 18.8% | $350 million |
| Powdered and condensed milk | Hong Kong | 94.8%over 75% | Netherlands · 1.5% | $110 million |
| Frozen beef | Hong Kong | 55.6% | United States · 24.8% | $78 million |
| Diamonds | Hong Kong | 86.3%over 75% | South Africa · 6.5% | $59 million |
| Gold | Hong Kong | 97.6%over 75% | China · 1.5% | $49 million |
| Edible insects and other animal products | Hong Kong | 70.4% | Indonesia · 27.3% | $36 million |
| Edible offal | Hong Kong | 67% | Brazil · 15.7% | $18 million |
| Fresh beef | Hong Kong | 52.8% | Australia · 24.1% | $10 million |
| New tires | Hong Kong | 56.2% | China · 24.3% | $7 million |
| Steel sheet piling | Hong Kong | 68% | China · 31.9% | $7 million |
| Other inorganic compounds | Hong Kong | 88.8%over 75% | China · 11.2% | $6 million |
| Carded wool yarn | Hong Kong | 99.4%over 75% | Italy · 0.33% | $5 million |
| Used clothing | Hong Kong | 92.4%over 75% | France · 3.6% | $5 million |
| Eyeglass frames | Hong Kong | 69.8% | China · 15.6% | $5 million |
| Copper pipes | Hong Kong | 55% | China · 25.1% | $4 million |
| Frozen fish | Hong Kong | 58.8% | China · 6.9% | $4 million |
| Pearls | Hong Kong | 62% | Japan · 23% | $4 million |
| Iron or steel pipe fittings | Hong Kong | 55.3% | China · 39.4% | $3 million |
| Resistors | Hong Kong | 86.7%over 75% | Japan · 11.5% | $3 million |
| Special-purpose vehicles | Hong Kong | 51.8% | China · 48.3% | $3 million |
| Newspapers and magazines | Hong Kong | 86.4%over 75% | China · 10.4% | $3 million |
| Rapeseed and mustard oil | Hong Kong | 59.8% | China · 25.2% | $2 million |
| Other pharmaceutical goods | Hong Kong | 79.2%over 75% | Germany · 5.2% | $2 million |
| Acrylic polymers | Hong Kong | 65.3% | China · 34.4% | $2 million |
| Yarn of fine animal hair, not for retail sale | Hong Kong | 99.9%over 75% | Italy · 0.09% | $2 million |
| Peanut oil | Hong Kong | 68.1% | China · 27.6% | $2 million |
| Vacuum cleaners | Hong Kong | 68.3% | Austria · 10.9% | $1 million |
| Capacitors | Hong Kong | 52.1% | Japan · 30.6% | $1 million |
| Electrical test instruments | Hong Kong | 51.3% | United States · 18.6% | $1 million |
| Parts of optical and measuring instruments | Hong Kong | 81.2%over 75% | Malaysia · 6.1% | $1 million |
and 10 more
A product has a dominant supplier when a single country sells more than 50% of what is bought of it; we flag it separately above 75%.
Are there other suppliers in the world?
- Hong Kong sells 0.08% of what the world exports of cars; next come Germany (17.4%), Japan (12.3%) and China (9.1%). The rest of the world exported 2,747 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong sells 1.8% of what the world exports of powdered and condensed milk; next come New Zealand (28.6%), Netherlands (9.2%) and United States (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 191.5 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong sells 0.25% of what the world exports of frozen beef; next come Brazil (27.5%), Australia (15.5%) and United States (12.6%). The rest of the world exported 463 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong sells 6.5% of what the world exports of diamonds; next come India (23.4%), Belgium (12%) and United Arab Emirates (10.5%). The rest of the world exported 1,174.8 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong sells 6.4% of what the world exports of gold; next come Switzerland (19.2%), United Arab Emirates (10.6%) and Australia (6.1%). The rest of the world exported 10,490.7 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong sells 3.9% of what the world exports of edible insects and other animal products; next come Indonesia (63.1%), Malaysia (22.2%) and China (3.5%). The rest of the world exported 25.3 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong sells 4.6% of what the world exports of edible offal; next come United States (23.6%), Australia (8.9%) and Spain (8.8%). The rest of the world exported 517.1 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong sells 0.03% of what the world exports of fresh beef; next come United States (13.2%), Australia (10.9%) and Canada (8.3%). The rest of the world exported 3,272.2 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong sells 0.07% of what the world exports of new tires; next come China (22.8%), Thailand (8%) and Japan (6%). The rest of the world exported 13,529.6 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
- Hong Kong sells 0.36% of what the world exports of steel sheet piling; next come China (37.8%), Luxembourg (20.6%) and Czechia (4.2%). The rest of the world exported 318.8 times what Macao buys from Hong Kong.
Exports from the rest of the world already have buyers; the figure shows scale, not availability.
Seen from Hong Kong
Macao is Hong Kong’s 15th-largest customer, with 1.7% of its exports.
Links
Sources and method
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- Natural Earth · Public domain
Methodology
The data come from CEPII BACI (Etalab 2.0 licence), which reconciles what the exporting and the importing country report, in current USD, FOB. Data up to 2024.
Dependence is the share of a country’s imports (or exports) that each partner accounts for. It does not measure whether a product has a substitute or how much it would cost to change supplier.
The concentration index (HHI) adds up the square of each partner’s share, in percent: it runs from 0 to 10,000. Its equivalent is 10,000 ÷ HHI, the number of partners of the same size that would give that value.
Products are HS4 headings of the 1992 nomenclature (some combine different goods), with a floor of $1 million per product and country.
The EU is the 27 current members in every year; the United Kingdom is outside the EU throughout the series.
Re-exports: countries that act as redistribution hubs carry their notice and the figures are not corrected.