In April 2025, Hong Kong’s trade deficit expanded significantly to $16.0 billion, compared to $10.2 billion in April of the previous year. This change was primarily attributed to a 14.7% year-on-year increase in exports, reaching $434.5 billion. This growth was fueled by robust sales in the electrical machinery, apparatus, and appliances sector, which rose by 18.7%, as well as a remarkable 46% increase in office machines and automatic data processing machines. Exports to Mainland China and various other Asian markets saw substantial growth, whereas shipments to the United States increased modestly and those to the European Union decreased.
Simultaneously, imports experienced a 15.8% rise, totaling $450.5 billion, predominantly due to increased purchases of electrical machinery, apparatus, and appliances, which rose by 16.8%, and office machines and automatic data processing machines, which surged by 67.1%. For the first four months of 2025, the cumulative trade deficit amounted to $96.9 billion, with exports climbing by 11.9% and imports increasing by 11.4% compared to the same period in the previous year.
