The volume of Hong Kong's exports of goods in August increased by 28.6 percent as total exports in the first eight months of 2026 rose by 29.1 percent year-on-year, according to official data.

The imports of goods in August also marked 34.6 percent increase over the same period last year, while total imports in the first eight months of this year saw a 30 percent rise year-on-year, external merchandise trade statistics released by the Census and Statistics Department showed.

Changes in volume of external merchandise trade are derived from changes in external merchandise trade value with the effect of price changes discounted.

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The prices of total exports of goods and imports of goods in August 2026 increased by 18.7 percent and 18.0 percent, respectively, over the same period last year.

Comparing August this year with the same month last year, increases were recorded for the export volume to Vietnam (56.5 percent), China’s Taiwan (53.1 percent), the United States (41.8 percent) and the Chinese mainland (31.3 percent), while export volume to India fell by 2.5 percent.

During the same period of comparison, the export prices to all main destinations increased: the mainland (21.9 percent), Vietnam (15.8 percent), the US (14.1 percent) and India (13.1 percent) and China’s Taiwan (13.0 percent).

Regarding import volume, increases were recorded for the imports from all main suppliers: South Korea (166.9 percent), Vietnam (37.4 percent), the mainland (31.4 percent), Singapore (26.4 percent) and China’s Taiwan (7.0 percent) in August 2026 year-on-year.