Summary
- Hong Kong → Qatar
- $523million
- Qatar → Hong Kong
- $1billion
- Hong Kong’s balance
- -$496million
Balance
Hong Kong’s trade balance with Qatar
Trade between Hong Kong and Qatar grew 60.7-fold since 1995
USD billions (current). Hong Kong’s exports and imports; bars: its balance (green surplus, red deficit).
- Exports 0.5
- Imports 1
- Balance -0.5
Source: CEPII BACI
Show the numbers
| Year | Exports | Imports | Trade balance |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | $16 million | $10 million | $6 million |
| 1996 | $16 million | $6 million | $11 million |
| 1997 | $22 million | $9 million | $13 million |
| 1998 | $16 million | $5 million | $11 million |
| 1999 | $20 million | $13 million | $7 million |
| 2000 | $42 million | $26 million | $15 million |
| 2001 | $38 million | $20 million | $18 million |
| 2002 | $52 million | $17 million | $35 million |
| 2003 | $26 million | $22 million | $4 million |
| 2004 | $25 million | $26 million | -$825 thousand |
| 2005 | $21 million | $29 million | -$9 million |
| 2006 | $41 million | $30 million | $12 million |
| 2007 | $31 million | $24 million | $7 million |
| 2008 | $43 million | $23 million | $19 million |
| 2009 | $49 million | $16 million | $33 million |
| 2010 | $52 million | $78 million | -$26 million |
| 2011 | $68 million | $37 million | $31 million |
| 2012 | $60 million | $211 million | -$150 million |
| 2013 | $72 million | $214 million | -$141 million |
| 2014 | $34 million | $191 million | -$157 million |
| 2015 | $71 million | $119 million | -$48 million |
| 2016 | $49 million | $88 million | -$39 million |
| 2017 | $65 million | $155 million | -$90 million |
| 2018 | $202 million | $790 million | -$587 million |
| 2019 | $291 million | $599 million | -$308 million |
| 2020 | $598 million | $690 million | -$93 million |
| 2021 | $464 million | $666 million | -$203 million |
| 2022 | $485 million | $676 million | -$191 million |
| 2023 | $310 million | $1.2 billion | -$870 million |
| 2024 | $523 million | $1 billion | -$496 million |
What they sell each other
What Hong Kong sells to Qatar
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
What Qatar sells to Hong Kong
The top 10 headings in 2024, with their share of the total.
How it travels
The estimated sea route between Hong Kong and Hamad Port is 5,200 nautical miles (9,630 km) long: ≈ 12–15.5 days at sea (at 18 and 14 knots).
Passages it crosses: Strait of Malacca and Singapore; and Strait of Hormuz.
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
Mode estimated from value per kilo and geography; both directions together.
How much each matters to the other
Qatar was Hong Kong’s 32nd largest trading partner (0.2% of its trade), and Hong Kong was Qatar’s 15th (1%).
- Qatar in Hong Kong’s trade
- 0.2%
- Qatar’s rank among Hong Kong’s partners
- 32nd
- Hong Kong in Qatar’s trade
- 1.2%
- Hong Kong’s rank among Qatar’s partners
- 15th
Compare with
Other partners of Hong Kong
Other partners of Qatar
Sources and methodology
Sources and licenses
- CEPII BACI · Licence Ouverte Etalab 2.0
- World Bank, Global Shipping Traffic Density · CC BY 4.0 (route network derived by this site)
- World Port Index (NGA) · Public domain (US Government work)
- Natural Earth · Public domain
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.