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Trade between Brazil and Hong Kong

In 2024, Brazil exported $1.6 billion to Hong Kong and imported $1.2 billion. Brazil ran a surplus of $397 million with Hong Kong, compared with a surplus of $1.7 billion in 2019. Hong Kong was Brazil’s 41st largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and Brazil was Hong Kong’s 25th (0.4%).

Summary

Brazil → Hong Kong
$1.6billion
Hong Kong → Brazil
$1.2billion
Brazil’s balance
$397million

Balance

Brazil’s trade balance with Hong Kong

Trade between Brazil and Hong Kong grew 93% since 1995

USD billions (current). Brazil’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).

  • Exports 1.6
  • Imports 1.2
  • Balance +0.4

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$450 million$1 billion-$590 million
1996$575 million$471 million$104 million
1997$697 million$570 million$127 million
1998$462 million$493 million-$32 million
1999$485 million$376 million$108 million
2000$542 million$503 million$39 million
2001$523 million$444 million$79 million
2002$598 million$390 million$209 million
2003$774 million$369 million$405 million
2004$850 million$513 million$336 million
2005$991 million$506 million$484 million
2006$1.1 billion$744 million$322 million
2007$1.4 billion$720 million$643 million
2008$2 billion$998 million$957 million
2009$1.9 billion$753 million$1.2 billion
2010$1.7 billion$1 billion$697 million
2011$2.2 billion$1.2 billion$962 million
2012$2.6 billion$981 million$1.6 billion
2013$3.3 billion$978 million$2.4 billion
2014$3.6 billion$1.1 billion$2.5 billion
2015$2.3 billion$730 million$1.5 billion
2016$2.4 billion$621 million$1.7 billion
2017$2.7 billion$700 million$2 billion
2018$2.7 billion$801 million$1.9 billion
2019$2.6 billion$925 million$1.7 billion
2020$2.4 billion$733 million$1.7 billion
2021$2.1 billion$843 million$1.3 billion
2022$1.5 billion$1.2 billion$308 million
2023$1.5 billion$1 billion$483 million
2024$1.6 billion$1.2 billion$397 million

What they sell each other

What Brazil sells to Hong Kong

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Animal guts, bladders and stomachs$225 million · 13.7%
    83 thousand tonnes
  2. Pork$215 million · 13.2%
    87 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  3. Animal glands and substances for pharmaceuticals$215 million · 13.1%
    79 tonnes
  4. Edible offal$196 million · 12%
    84 thousand tonnes
  5. Frozen beef$193 million · 11.8%
    37 thousand tonnes
  6. Refined petroleum$160 million · 9.8%
    254 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  7. Poultry meat$117 million · 7.2%
    59 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  8. Turbojets and gas turbines$41 million · 2.5%
    24 tonnes · Hong Kong’s sources
  9. Raw tobacco$29 million · 1.8%
    3 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s destinations
  10. Dried, salted and smoked fish$23 million · 1.4%
    586 tonnes

What Hong Kong sells to Brazil

The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.

  1. Cars$144 million · 11.6%
    11 thousand tonnes · Brazil’s sources
  2. Cameras and broadcast equipment$75 million · 6.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  3. Microchips$59 million · 4.7%
    37 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations
  4. Air conditioners$57 million · 4.6%
    9 thousand tonnes
  5. Printed circuit boards$46 million · 3.7%
    413 tonnes
  6. Parts for broadcast equipment$41 million · 3.3%
    580 tonnes
  7. Turbojets and gas turbines$35 million · 2.8%
    17 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations
  8. Computer and office machine parts$29 million · 2.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Phones and telecom equipment$29 million · 2.3%
    1 thousand tonnes
  10. Transformers and power supplies$25 million · 2%
    2 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Santos to Hong Kong.

The estimated sea route between Santos and Hong Kong is 10,723 nautical miles (19,858 km) long: ≈ 25–32 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Passages it crosses: Cape of Good Hope; and Strait of Malacca and Singapore.

Sailing estimate without port calls, waiting or transshipment; not a schedule. One main reference port per country: in large countries it does not represent all of its ports.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$2.3 billion · 78.5%
  2. Air$619 million · 21.5%

Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.

How much each matters to the other

Hong Kong was Brazil’s 41st largest trading partner (0.5% of its trade), and Brazil was Hong Kong’s 25th (0.4%).

Hong Kong in Brazil’s trade
0.5%
Hong Kong’s rank among Brazil’s partners
41st
Brazil in Hong Kong’s trade
0.4%
Brazil’s rank among Hong Kong’s partners
25th

Compare with

Other partners of Brazil

Other partners of Hong Kong

Sources and methodology

Sources and licenses

Methodology

Goods trade from CEPII BACI (BACI_HS92_V202601), in current US dollars, with exports and imports reconciled between countries. The transport mode is our own estimate based on value per kilo and geography. The sea route comes from our own network derived from World Bank shipping density (not from nautical charts), between one main reference port per country (World Port Index); days are the distance at 14 and 18 knots, without port calls or waiting. Data up to 2024.

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