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Trade between Hong Kong and Indonesia

In 2024, Hong Kong exported $3.1 billion to Indonesia and imported $3.2 billion. Hong Kong ran a deficit of $101 million with Indonesia, compared with a surplus of $22 million in 2019. Indonesia was Hong Kong’s 20th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Hong Kong was Indonesia’s 16th (1%).

Summary

Hong Kong → Indonesia
$3.1billion
Indonesia → Hong Kong
$3.2billion
Hong Kong’s balance
-$101million

Balance

Hong Kong’s trade balance with Indonesia

Trade between Hong Kong and Indonesia grew 2.6-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 3.1
  • Imports 3.2
  • Balance -0.1

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$471 million$2 billion-$1.5 billion
1996$418 million$1.9 billion-$1.5 billion
1997$484 million$2 billion-$1.5 billion
1998$369 million$2.1 billion-$1.8 billion
1999$357 million$1.7 billion-$1.4 billion
2000$562 million$1.9 billion-$1.3 billion
2001$409 million$1.7 billion-$1.3 billion
2002$394 million$1.7 billion-$1.3 billion
2003$369 million$1.7 billion-$1.4 billion
2004$411 million$2 billion-$1.6 billion
2005$411 million$2.2 billion-$1.8 billion
2006$459 million$2.3 billion-$1.9 billion
2007$657 million$2.6 billion-$1.9 billion
2008$2.5 billion$2.9 billion-$415 million
2009$1.8 billion$3.2 billion-$1.4 billion
2010$2.4 billion$3.6 billion-$1.3 billion
2011$2.5 billion$4 billion-$1.5 billion
2012$1.9 billion$3.2 billion-$1.3 billion
2013$2.4 billion$3.7 billion-$1.3 billion
2014$1.8 billion$3.7 billion-$1.9 billion
2015$1.8 billion$2.8 billion-$1 billion
2016$1.8 billion$2.8 billion-$1 billion
2017$1.9 billion$3.3 billion-$1.4 billion
2018$2.7 billion$3.4 billion-$702 million
2019$3.3 billion$3.3 billion$22 million
2020$2.9 billion$2.5 billion$327 million
2021$2.9 billion$2.7 billion$161 million
2022$3 billion$3.5 billion-$508 million
2023$2.6 billion$3 billion-$406 million
2024$3.1 billion$3.2 billion-$101 million

What they sell each other

What Hong Kong sells to Indonesia

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

  1. Gold$1.3 billion · 41.5%
    16 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations
  2. Phones and telecom equipment$203 million · 6.5%
    365 tonnes
  3. Other knitted fabric$167 million · 5.3%
    18 thousand tonnes
  4. Ferrous scrap$117 million · 3.7%
    344 thousand tonnes
  5. Monitors and projectors$103 million · 3.3%
    118 tonnes
  6. Printed circuit boards$50 million · 1.6%
    486 tonnes
  7. Binoculars and telescopes$46 million · 1.5%
    9 tonnes
  8. 3 thousand tonnes
  9. Other plastic articles$40 million · 1.3%
    5 thousand tonnes
  10. Ribbons and narrow fabrics$33 million · 1.1%
    2 thousand tonnes

What Indonesia sells to Hong Kong

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

  1. Coal$571 million · 17.6%
    5.4 million tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  2. Precious metal scrap$546 million · 16.8%
    8 tonnes
  3. Jewelry$542 million · 16.7%
    11 tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  4. Gold$261 million · 8%
    3 tonnes · Hong Kong’s sources
  5. Cigarettes and cigars$176 million · 5.4%
    6 thousand tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  6. Cables and wire$111 million · 3.4%
    471 tonnes · Indonesia’s destinations
  7. Copper wire$62 million · 1.9%
    5 thousand tonnes
  8. Capacitors$61 million · 1.9%
    497 tonnes
  9. 156 tonnes
  10. Phones and telecom equipment$49 million · 1.5%
    148 tonnes

How it travels

Estimated sea route from Hong Kong to Jakarta.

The estimated sea route between Hong Kong and Jakarta is 1,864 nautical miles (3,452 km) long: ≈ 4.5–5.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).

It does not cross any major canal or strait.

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$2.5 billion · 38.4%
  2. Air$3.9 billion · 61.6%

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

How much each matters to the other

Indonesia was Hong Kong’s 20th largest trading partner (0.8% of its trade), and Hong Kong was Indonesia’s 16th (1%).

Indonesia in Hong Kong’s trade
0.8%
Indonesia’s rank among Hong Kong’s partners
20th
Hong Kong in Indonesia’s trade
1.2%
Hong Kong’s rank among Indonesia’s partners
16th

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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.