Hong Kong Imports Rise 11.5% in August Slower Than July

Imports to Hong Kong rose 11.5% year-on-year to $462.0 billion in August 2025, easing from a 16.5% gain in July. Purchases increased notably from Mainland China (+12.4%), Taiwan (+5.5%), Singapore (+2.5%), Japan (+13.3%), and the US (+0.3%), while imports from Korea declined (-11.5%). By product category, inbound shipments accelerated for power-generating machinery and equipment (37.9% vs 29.1% in July) and non-metallic mineral manufactures (26.3% vs 7.1%), while rebounding in professional, scientific, and controlling instruments and apparatus (4.1% vs -11.9%). In contrast, growth slowed for electrical machinery and parts (15.2% vs 21.9%), telecommunications and sound recording and reproducing equipment (32.4% vs 49.8%), and miscellaneous manufactured articles (6.7% vs 12.4%), while further declining in petroleum and related products (-4.2% vs -3.4%) and reversing to a decline in office machines and automatic data processing machines (-10.6% vs 0.7%).