Hong Kong Balança Comercial

Hong Kong’s trade surplus narrowed to $2.1 billion in January 2025 from $3.6 billion in the corresponding month of the previous year. Imports rose 0.5% year-on-year to $387.1 billion, supported by higher purchases of office machines and automatic data processing machines (52.7%), power generating machinery and equipment (40.1%), and non-ferrous metals (35.4%). Meanwhile, exports increased at a softer 0.1% to $ 389.1 billion, bolstered by increased sales of office machines and automatic data processing machines (40.6%) and power generating machinery and equipment (11.5%). However, exports declined significantly for non-metallic mineral manufactures (-32%), followed by professional, scientific and controlling instruments and apparatus (-12.4%), telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (-8.1%), and miscellaneous manufactured articles (-4.8%).