Hong Kong’s exports soared 33.8% year-on-year to a record high of $520.6 billion in January 2026, accelerating from a 26.1% gain in December. This was the fastest annual growth since January 2021, with most major commodity categories recording strong increases. The sharpest rise was in exports of electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, and electrical parts thereof (39.4%), followed by telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (51.9%), office machines and automatic data processing machines (25.4%), and miscellaneous manufactured articles (25.9%). The only category to register a decline was machinery specialized for particular industries (-46.9%).
By destination, exports to Mainland China surged 40.6%, those to the United States climbed 23.3%, and shipments to Vietnam grew 31%. In contrast, exports to India fell 18%.
