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Trade between Hong Kong and the Netherlands

In 2024, Hong Kong exported $5.9 billion to the Netherlands and imported $2.1 billion. Hong Kong ran a surplus of $3.7 billion with the Netherlands, compared with a surplus of $4.4 billion in 2019. The Netherlands was Hong Kong’s 16th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Hong Kong was the Netherlands’ 30th (0.7%).

Summary

Hong Kong → Netherlands
$5.9billion
Netherlands → Hong Kong
$2.1billion
Hong Kong’s balance
$3.7billion

Balance

Hong Kong’s trade balance with the Netherlands

Trade between Hong Kong and the Netherlands grew 2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 5.9
  • Imports 2.1
  • Balance +3.7

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$2 billion$1.9 billion$124 million
1996$2.3 billion$1.8 billion$507 million
1997$2.4 billion$1.9 billion$511 million
1998$2.7 billion$1.5 billion$1.2 billion
1999$3.1 billion$1.3 billion$1.8 billion
2000$1.8 billion$1.5 billion$290 million
2001$1.3 billion$1.4 billion-$143 million
2002$1.3 billion$1.4 billion-$150 million
2003$1.4 billion$1.4 billion-$59 million
2004$2.1 billion$1.7 billion$436 million
2005$2.4 billion$1.8 billion$589 million
2006$2.6 billion$1.7 billion$878 million
2007$2.3 billion$1.9 billion$449 million
2008$2.6 billion$2.1 billion$546 million
2009$2.6 billion$2 billion$556 million
2010$2.8 billion$2.1 billion$670 million
2011$2.6 billion$2.9 billion-$233 million
2012$2.5 billion$3 billion-$531 million
2013$2.7 billion$3.4 billion-$738 million
2014$3.1 billion$3.5 billion-$392 million
2015$4.3 billion$3 billion$1.3 billion
2016$4.8 billion$2.7 billion$2.1 billion
2017$6.3 billion$2.8 billion$3.5 billion
2018$7.1 billion$2.8 billion$4.2 billion
2019$6.9 billion$2.6 billion$4.4 billion
2020$5.7 billion$2.2 billion$3.5 billion
2021$6.2 billion$2.2 billion$4 billion
2022$6.6 billion$2.1 billion$4.4 billion
2023$5.4 billion$2.4 billion$3 billion
2024$5.9 billion$2.1 billion$3.7 billion

What they sell each other

What Hong Kong sells to the Netherlands

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$2 billion · 34%
    6 thousand tonnes
  2. Computers$831 million · 14.2%
    3 thousand tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations
  3. Computer and office machine parts$467 million · 8%
    4 thousand tonnes
  4. Microchips$408 million · 7%
    477 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations
  5. Video recorders and players$188 million · 3.2%
    657 tonnes
  6. Cables and wire$153 million · 2.6%
    2 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  7. Medical and dental instruments$126 million · 2.2%
    743 tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources
  8. Other wristwatches$95 million · 1.6%
    353 tonnes
  9. Transformers and power supplies$77 million · 1.3%
    11 thousand tonnes
  10. Batteries$76 million · 1.3%
    3 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ sources

What the Netherlands sells to Hong Kong

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$213 million · 9.9%
    355 tonnes
  2. Turbojets and gas turbines$146 million · 6.8%
    53 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  3. Microchips$121 million · 5.7%
    210 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  4. Powdered and condensed milk$119 million · 5.6%
    20 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  5. Medicines in measured doses or retail packs$94 million · 4.4%
    1 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  6. Computer and office machine parts$92 million · 4.3%
    541 tonnes
  7. Medical and dental instruments$89 million · 4.1%
    224 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  8. Other food preparations$87 million · 4.1%
    2 thousand tonnes
  9. Vaccines, blood and antisera$71 million · 3.3%
    57 tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations
  10. Chocolate$64 million · 3%
    4 thousand tonnes · the Netherlands’ destinations

How it travels

Hong Kong and the Netherlands traded $8 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 82% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$1.4 billion · 17.5%
  2. Air$6.6 billion · 82.5%

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

How much each matters to the other

The Netherlands was Hong Kong’s 16th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Hong Kong was the Netherlands’ 30th (0.7%).

The Netherlands in Hong Kong’s trade
1%
The Netherlands’ rank among Hong Kong’s partners
16th
Hong Kong in the Netherlands’ trade
0.7%
Hong Kong’s rank among the Netherlands’ partners
30th

Compare with

Other partners of Hong Kong

Other partners of the Netherlands

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.