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Trade between Germany and Hong Kong

In 2024, Germany exported $6.5 billion to Hong Kong and imported $1.2 billion. Germany ran a surplus of $5.2 billion with Hong Kong, compared with a surplus of $5.4 billion in 2019. Hong Kong was Germany’s 51st largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Germany was Hong Kong’s 18th (0.9%).

Summary

Germany → Hong Kong
$6.5billion
Hong Kong → Germany
$1.2billion
Germany’s balance
$5.2billion

Balance

Germany’s trade balance with Hong Kong

Trade between Germany and Hong Kong grew 12% since 1995

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

  • Exports 6.5
  • Imports 1.2
  • Balance +5.2

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$4.2 billion$2.6 billion$1.6 billion
1996$4.6 billion$2.4 billion$2.2 billion
1997$4.9 billion$2.2 billion$2.8 billion
1998$4.1 billion$2.4 billion$1.8 billion
1999$3.7 billion$2.3 billion$1.5 billion
2000$4.3 billion$2.3 billion$2 billion
2001$4.6 billion$2.2 billion$2.4 billion
2002$4.6 billion$2.4 billion$2.2 billion
2003$5.2 billion$2.6 billion$2.6 billion
2004$5.2 billion$2.6 billion$2.6 billion
2005$5.3 billion$3 billion$2.4 billion
2006$6.1 billion$3.1 billion$3 billion
2007$6.3 billion$3 billion$3.3 billion
2008$6.8 billion$2.9 billion$3.8 billion
2009$6.1 billion$1.7 billion$4.4 billion
2010$7.3 billion$2.1 billion$5.1 billion
2011$8.1 billion$2.3 billion$5.9 billion
2012$7.5 billion$2 billion$5.6 billion
2013$7.6 billion$2 billion$5.6 billion
2014$7.7 billion$2 billion$5.7 billion
2015$6.6 billion$1.9 billion$4.6 billion
2016$7.6 billion$1.7 billion$5.8 billion
2017$8 billion$1.6 billion$6.4 billion
2018$7.1 billion$1.7 billion$5.4 billion
2019$6.8 billion$1.5 billion$5.4 billion
2020$6.6 billion$2 billion$4.6 billion
2021$6.8 billion$1.7 billion$5.1 billion
2022$6.7 billion$1.6 billion$5.1 billion
2023$7.5 billion$1.3 billion$6.2 billion
2024$6.5 billion$1.2 billion$5.2 billion

What they sell each other

What Germany sells to Hong Kong

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

  1. Microchips$638 million · 9.9%
    333 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  2. Airplanes and helicopters$534 million · 8.3%
    485 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  3. Turbojets and gas turbines$350 million · 5.4%
    130 tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  4. Cars$344 million · 5.3%
    14 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  5. Transformers and power supplies$271 million · 4.2%
    3 thousand tonnes
  6. Diodes, transistors and solar cells$243 million · 3.8%
    597 tonnes
  7. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$212 million · 3.3%
    3 thousand tonnes · Germany’s destinations
  8. Other food preparations$144 million · 2.2%
    4 thousand tonnes
  9. Other industrial machines$105 million · 1.6%
    2 thousand tonnes
  10. Medical and dental instruments$95 million · 1.5%
    323 tonnes · Germany’s destinations

What Hong Kong sells to Germany

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

  1. Cargo and cruise ships$174 million · 14.3%
    174 thousand tonnes · Germany’s sources
  2. Orthopedic and hearing devices$73 million · 6%
    349 tonnes
  3. Turbojets and gas turbines$61 million · 5%
    30 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations
  4. Printed circuit boards$45 million · 3.7%
    1 thousand tonnes
  5. Other wristwatches$44 million · 3.6%
    48 tonnes
  6. Jewelry$42 million · 3.4%
    9 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations
  7. Transformers and power supplies$30 million · 2.5%
    727 tonnes
  8. Bags, suitcases and cases$29 million · 2.4%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Video recorders and players$23 million · 1.9%
    341 tonnes
  10. Microchips$22 million · 1.8%
    19 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hamburg to Hong Kong.

The estimated sea route between Hamburg and Hong Kong is 13,751 nautical miles (25,467 km) long: ≈ 32–41 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

Because of the 2024 disruptions, traffic is split: 85% via the Strait of Dover, the Cape of Good Hope and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (13,751 nautical miles); and 15% via the Strait of Dover, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Suez Canal, the Bab-el-Mandeb Strait and the Strait of Malacca and Singapore (10,237 nautical miles).

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$2.4 billion · 31%
  2. Air$5.3 billion · 69%

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

How much each matters to the other

Hong Kong was Germany’s 51st largest trading partner (0.3% of its trade), and Germany was Hong Kong’s 18th (0.9%).

Hong Kong in Germany’s trade
0.3%
Hong Kong’s rank among Germany’s partners
51st
Germany in Hong Kong’s trade
0.9%
Germany’s rank among Hong Kong’s partners
18th

Compare with

Other partners of Germany

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.