In August 2025, Hong Kong recorded an 11.5% increase in imports compared to the previous year, amounting to $462.0 billion. This marks a moderation from the 16.5% rise seen in July. There was a noticeable uptick in imports from several regions, notably Mainland China (up 12.4%), Taiwan (up 5.5%), Singapore (up 2.5%), Japan (up 13.3%), and the United States (up 0.3%). However, imports from Korea experienced a decline of 11.5%.
Analyzing by product category, there was significant growth in imports of power-generating machinery and equipment, which surged by 37.9%, improving from July’s 29.1%. Non-metallic mineral manufactures also saw accelerated growth at 26.3%, compared to 7.1% in the prior month. After previous declines, professional, scientific, and controlling instruments and apparatus rebounded, growing by 4.1% compared to a decrease of 11.9% in July.
Conversely, the growth in imports of electrical machinery and parts decelerated to 15.2% from 21.9%. The influx of telecommunications as well as sound recording and reproducing equipment also slowed, showing a 32.4% rise compared to 49.8% previously. Miscellaneous manufactured articles saw their growth reduce to 6.7% from 12.4%. Further declines were observed in the category of petroleum and related products, now down 4.2% compared to a 3.4% reduction in July, and there was a reversal for office machines and automatic data processing machines, which fell by 10.6% following a slight rise of 0.7% in the previous month.
