Hong Kong's Census and Statistics Department reported on 13 August 2026 that the volume of the city's total goods exports rose 34.3% and import volume rose 27.5% in June 2026 compared with June 2025. Volume figures are derived from trade values with price changes discounted, the department said in releasing the figures on that date.
Over the first half of 2026, export and import volumes were up 28.7% and 30.4% respectively on the same period of 2025. On a seasonally adjusted basis, second-quarter 2026 volumes rose 6.6% for exports and 2.2% for imports against the previous quarter. Prices of total exports and imports increased 13.6% and 12.7% year on year in June 2026, and 7.9% and 7.6% in the first half. The terms of trade index rose 0.8% in June and 0.3% in the first half from a year earlier.
By destination, June export volumes rose to the USA (85.2%), Taiwan (60.5%), Vietnam (40.5%) and the Chinese Mainland (36.9%), while India fell 8.8%. Import volumes from all main suppliers rose, including Korea (109.2%), Vietnam (74.7%), Singapore (27.9%), the Mainland (25.0%) and Taiwan (2.2%).

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