Hong Kong’s exports soared 64.9% year-on-year to a record HK$762.6 billion in September 2026, following a 53% rise in August. This was the twentieth consecutive month of double-digit growth and the fastest annual increase in more than four decades, driven by strong global demand for AI-related electronic products, according to a government spokesman.
Export growth was especially robust in electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (66.2% vs 62.6% in August), as well as office machines and automatic data processing machines (183.7% vs 131%). Shipments of telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (67.9% vs 20.2%), along with miscellaneous manufactured articles (56.4% vs 44.1%), also posted sharp increases.
By destination, exports to Asia jumped 67.5%, led by Taiwan (159.3%), Malaysia (131.5%), Thailand (118.0%), Singapore (77.5%) and Mainland China (68.1%). Exports to other major markets also surged, most notably Mexico (148.1%) and the United States (133.4%).
