Import/Export

With few natural resources, Hong Kong has to import most of its requirements. Consumer goods constitutes the majority of Hong Kongís imports which include clothing, electronic appliances such as radios, hi-fis, toys, and sporting goods.
This is followed by raw materials and semi-manufactured goods like transistors, semi-conductors and integrated circuits, plastic materials, woven fabrics and watch and clock movements.
The remainders are from capital goods such as electrical machinery, transport equipment, offices machines and foodstuffs like meat and vegetables.
China is Hong Kongís chief supplier of imports particularly on foodstuffs, followed by Japan, Taiwan, USA, Singapore, Korea and the UK.
Undaunted by the lack of natural resources, Hong Kong remains a manufacturing hub with about 80% of its goods produced are for export making the territory still a very much export-oriented economy.
Clothing is still the largest component of domestic exports, followed by electronic products, watches and clocks, jewellery, plastic articles, office machines and automatic data-processing equipment.
Both the USA and China are Hong Kongís largest markets. After them are Germany, Singapore, Japan, the UK, Taiwan and the Netherlands.

The Better Hong Kong Foundation.