FX.co ★ Hong Kong Imports Growth Strongest Since 1992

Hong Kong’s imports surged 41.2% year-on-year to USD 707 billion in March 2026, accelerating from a 29.9% increase in February. This was the fastest expansion since February 1992. The jump was driven by sharp gains in imports of non-ferrous metals (+403.6%); telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing apparatus and equipment (+93%); and electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances, and electrical parts (+49.5%). In contrast, imports declined for professional, scientific, and controlling instruments and apparatus (-3.4%), as well as for office machines and automatic data processing machines (-0.7%). By country of origin, the strongest increases came from the United Kingdom (118.5%), Korea (112.2%), India (88.1%), Vietnam (85.7%), the United States (66%), and Mainland China (48.8%).