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Trade between Hong Kong and Russia

In 2024, Hong Kong exported $1.5 billion to Russia and imported $6.4 billion. Hong Kong ran a deficit of $4.9 billion with Russia, compared with a deficit of $302 million in 2019. Russia was Hong Kong’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Hong Kong was Russia’s 11th (1%).

Summary

Hong Kong → Russia
$1.5billion
Russia → Hong Kong
$6.4billion
Hong Kong’s balance
-$4.9billion

Balance

Hong Kong’s trade balance with Russia

Trade between Hong Kong and Russia grew 10.2-fold since 1995

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

  • Exports 1.5
  • Imports 6.4
  • Balance -4.9

Source: CEPII BACI

Show the numbers
YearExportsImportsTrade balance
1995$315 million$461 million-$146 million
1996$99 million$684 million-$585 million
1997$133 million$479 million-$346 million
1998$182 million$449 million-$267 million
1999$55 million$321 million-$266 million
2000$71 million$347 million-$276 million
2001$60 million$299 million-$239 million
2002$77 million$264 million-$187 million
2003$55 million$476 million-$421 million
2004$152 million$489 million-$336 million
2005$142 million$477 million-$335 million
2006$206 million$443 million-$237 million
2007$331 million$419 million-$88 million
2008$304 million$497 million-$193 million
2009$202 million$828 million-$626 million
2010$334 million$982 million-$648 million
2011$428 million$1.1 billion-$642 million
2012$366 million$1.4 billion-$1.1 billion
2013$306 million$3 billion-$2.7 billion
2014$327 million$1.4 billion-$1.1 billion
2015$286 million$864 million-$578 million
2016$291 million$757 million-$466 million
2017$388 million$788 million-$400 million
2018$524 million$1.1 billion-$582 million
2019$717 million$1 billion-$302 million
2020$622 million$1.4 billion-$782 million
2021$811 million$1.6 billion-$809 million
2022$2.4 billion$2 billion$410 million
2023$2.6 billion$8.3 billion-$5.6 billion
2024$1.5 billion$6.4 billion-$4.9 billion

What they sell each other

What Hong Kong sells to Russia

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

  1. Cameras and broadcast equipment$206 million · 13.8%
    372 tonnes
  2. Microchips$172 million · 11.5%
    28 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations
  3. 3 thousand tonnes
  4. Computers$142 million · 9.5%
    479 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations
  5. 216 tonnes
  6. Discs and storage media$74 million · 4.9%
    263 tonnes
  7. Microphones and speakers$37 million · 2.5%
    642 tonnes
  8. Other plastic articles$28 million · 1.8%
    195 tonnes
  9. Jewelry$26 million · 1.7%
    7 tonnes · Hong Kong’s destinations

What Russia sells to Hong Kong

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

  1. Gold$4.6 billion · 72.2%
    58 tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  2. Platinum$816 million · 12.7%
    20 tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  3. Diamonds$803 million · 12.5%
    2 tonnes · Russia’s destinations
  4. Silver$63 million · 0.99%
    78 tonnes · Hong Kong’s sources
  5. Pork$33 million · 0.52%
    12 thousand tonnes
  6. Other minerals$15 million · 0.23%
    114 tonnes
  7. Other ores$9 million · 0.14%
    963 tonnes
  8. Hydrogen and rare gases$6 million · 0.09%
    26 tonnes
  9. Synthetic gemstones$4 million · 0.06%
  10. Prepared meat$4 million · 0.06%
    1 thousand tonnes

How it travels

Hong Kong and Russia traded $7.9 billion in 2024 (both directions together). They trade mostly by air: 94% of the value travels by plane.

Split by transport mode

  1. Sea$460 million · 5.8%
  2. Air$7.5 billion · 94.2%

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

How much each matters to the other

Russia was Hong Kong’s 17th largest trading partner (1% of its trade), and Hong Kong was Russia’s 11th (1%).

Russia in Hong Kong’s trade
1%
Russia’s rank among Hong Kong’s partners
17th
Hong Kong in Russia’s trade
1.4%
Hong Kong’s rank among Russia’s partners
11th

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Sources and methodology

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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.