In September 2025, Hong Kong's imports experienced a robust 13.6% year-on-year increase, reaching $512.5 billion. This was an upturn from the 11.5% expansion observed in August. Notably, there were substantial surges in imports from the United Kingdom (+70.3%), Vietnam (+68.7%), Singapore (+33.2%), Mainland China (+19.4%), and Japan (+12.9%). Conversely, imports from Taiwan experienced a decline of 19%.
When examining imports by product category, there was a significant acceleration in the inbound shipments of miscellaneous manufactured articles, which surged by 33.6% compared to a 6.7% increase in August. Additionally, the imports of professional, scientific, and controlling instruments and apparatus rose 27% compared to 4.1% previously. There was also notable growth in electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances, and related electrical parts, which climbed 20.3% following a 15.2% increase in the prior month. Photographic apparatus, equipment and supplies, optical goods, watches, and clocks saw an increase of 25.6% compared to 10.5% in August.
In contrast, the growth rate for non-metallic mineral manufactures slowed to 21.2% from 26.3%, power generating machinery and equipment decelerated to 24% from 37.9%, and telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment growth moderated to 18.6% from 32.4%.
