China, Hong Kong SAR

China, Hong Kong SAR Imports 2023

Complete list of China, Hong Kong SAR's 182 import sources and 100+ product categories. Sourced from CEPII BACI.

$623.87B
Total imports (2023)
#10
Global import rank
182
Source countries
100+
Product categories tracked

China, Hong Kong SAR imported $623.87 billion of merchandise goods in 2023, making it the world's #10 largest importer. Goods came from 182 source countries, with the top ten sources providing 81.0% of total import value. The leading import was n.e.c. in heading no. 8542, valued at $73.79 billion 11.8% of total imports.

The two tables below list every source country and the most-traded product categories at the HS6 (Harmonized System 6-digit) level. All values come from the CEPII BACI database, which reconciles UN Comtrade declarations to produce cleaner bilateral flows.

All import sources

182 countries and territories. Click for the full bilateral page.

#Source2023 import value% of total
1China$258.54B41.44%
2Other Asia, nes$50.25B8.05%
3Singapore$43.98B7.05%
4Japan$29.44B4.72%
5Rep. of Korea$28.84B4.62%
6USA$25.48B4.08%
7Malaysia$19.74B3.16%
8Viet Nam$17.11B2.74%
9United Kingdom$16.17B2.59%
10Switzerland$15.98B2.56%
11United Arab Emirates$14.84B2.38%
12Thailand$12.08B1.94%
13Philippines$11.37B1.82%
14India$9.06B1.45%
15Russian Federation$8.26B1.32%
16Australia$7.39B1.18%
17Germany$6.84B1.10%
18France$6.04B0.97%
19Italy$5.20B0.83%
20Canada$3.68B0.59%
21Indonesia$3.07B0.49%
22South Africa$2.85B0.46%
23Netherlands$2.39B0.38%
24Israel$2.33B0.37%
25Belgium$2.28B0.37%
26China, Macao SAR$1.58B0.25%
27Brazil$1.50B0.24%
28Qatar$1.15B0.18%
29Luxembourg$949.96M0.15%
30Türkiye$896.79M0.14%
31Spain$864.36M0.14%
32Uganda$710.89M0.11%
33Armenia$671.18M0.11%
34Denmark$661.96M0.11%
35Ireland$610.34M0.10%
36New Zealand$606.80M0.10%
37Hungary$556.37M0.09%
38Austria$500.60M0.08%
39Morocco$474.04M0.08%
40Sweden$457.00M0.07%
41Mexico$456.72M0.07%
42Saudi Arabia$445.20M0.07%
43Poland$437.99M0.07%
44Colombia$366.97M0.06%
45Bolivia (Plurinational State of)$318.31M0.05%
46Czechia$306.22M0.05%
47Botswana$302.99M0.05%
48Norway$290.48M0.05%
49Malta$286.08M0.05%
50Peru$268.42M0.04%
51Chile$261.55M0.04%
52Slovenia$255.07M0.04%
53Zambia$233.63M0.04%
54Cambodia$224.04M0.04%
55Oman$213.79M0.03%
56Sri Lanka$195.87M0.03%
57Cyprus$178.78M0.03%
58Zimbabwe$178.60M0.03%
59Myanmar$142.71M0.02%
60Paraguay$136.65M0.02%
61Mozambique$131.53M0.02%
62Bangladesh$130.37M0.02%
63Costa Rica$129.13M0.02%
64Portugal$126.26M0.02%
65Bulgaria$122.92M0.02%
66Kyrgyzstan$118.71M0.02%
67Bahrain$118.47M0.02%
68Finland$109.43M0.02%
69Greece$106.90M0.02%
70Argentina$95.76M0.02%
71Kuwait$81.09M0.01%
72Namibia$76.85M0.01%
73Slovakia$74.69M0.01%
74Pakistan$66.87M0.01%
75United Rep. of Tanzania$65.05M0.01%
76Kazakhstan$64.86M0.01%
77Lao People's Dem. Rep.$63.75M0.01%
78Egypt$62.79M0.01%
79Lithuania$57.77M0.01%
80Latvia$57.73M0.01%
81Ghana$56.82M0.01%
82Estonia$52.67M0.01%
83Nigeria$52.61M0.01%
84Romania$52.17M0.01%
85Ecuador$49.71M0.01%
86Jordan$46.85M0.01%
87Ethiopia$46.00M0.01%
88Cuba$43.74M0.01%
89Brunei Darussalam$41.92M0.01%
90Guyana$41.31M0.01%
91Panama$37.57M0.01%
92Serbia$36.45M0.01%
93Uruguay$32.51M0.01%
94Montenegro$32.45M0.01%
95Angola$30.76M0.00%
96Equatorial Guinea$28.70M0.00%
97Papua New Guinea$27.85M0.00%
98Nicaragua$27.78M0.00%
99Ukraine$26.84M0.00%
100Dominican Rep.$26.34M0.00%
101Croatia$22.83M0.00%
102Fiji$22.65M0.00%
103Azerbaijan$21.30M0.00%
104Yemen$18.71M0.00%
105Tunisia$18.15M0.00%
106Georgia$15.69M0.00%
107Kenya$14.91M0.00%
108El Salvador$13.60M0.00%
109Guatemala$13.11M0.00%
110Madagascar$10.02M0.00%
111Honduras$9.94M0.00%
112Seychelles$9.34M0.00%
113Senegal$9.10M0.00%
114Venezuela$8.12M0.00%
115Uzbekistan$7.28M0.00%
116Solomon Isds$6.53M0.00%
117Suriname$5.52M0.00%
118Mauritius$5.46M0.00%
119Maldives$5.45M0.00%
120Iceland$5.28M0.00%
121Jamaica$4.88M0.00%
122Lebanon$4.54M0.00%
123Nepal$4.35M0.00%
124Rep. of Moldova$4.13M0.00%
125Andorra$3.81M0.00%
126Albania$3.73M0.00%
127Congo$3.57M0.00%
128Algeria$3.00M0.00%
129Belize$2.94M0.00%
130Iran$2.86M0.00%
131Mongolia$2.72M0.00%
132Iraq$2.61M0.00%
133Somalia$2.34M0.00%
134Cameroon$2.16M0.00%
135North Macedonia$2.00M0.00%
136Guam$1.62M0.00%
137Aruba$1.51M0.00%
138Dem. Rep. of the Congo$1.44M0.00%
139Guinea$1.43M0.00%
140Malawi$1.15M0.00%
141Gabon$1.13M0.00%
142Bahamas$1.12M0.00%
143Djibouti$1.11M0.00%
144Mauritania$1.00M0.00%
145Belarus$990,0250.00%
146Trinidad and Tobago$907,1780.00%
147Timor-Leste$777,3910.00%
148Haiti$749,2530.00%
149Samoa$523,0870.00%
150Bosnia Herzegovina$494,6460.00%
151Mali$456,6690.00%
152Rwanda$422,8410.00%
153Liberia$397,7570.00%
154Sudan$388,3550.00%
155Côte d'Ivoire$352,9370.00%
156Togo$308,1880.00%
157Gibraltar$296,9130.00%
158Sierra Leone$291,7510.00%
159Libya$279,2850.00%
160Eswatini$262,5060.00%
161Chad$226,1050.00%
162Benin$204,1220.00%
163Greenland$185,3970.00%
164N. Mariana Isds$159,1710.00%
165Tonga$106,1450.00%
166San Marino$92,1950.00%
167Burundi$83,4000.00%
168Burkina Faso$46,0640.00%
169Barbados$41,9090.00%
170Afghanistan$40,8020.00%
171Gambia$32,0190.00%
172Tajikistan$28,7290.00%
173Bhutan$28,5630.00%
174Tokelau$21,1390.00%
175Syria$17,5460.00%
176Kiribati$16,2550.00%
177Lesotho$10,1970.00%
178Dominica$7,5860.00%
179Marshall Isds$7,5360.00%
180Vanuatu$4,7800.00%
181Niger$2,5220.00%
182Guinea-Bissau$4220.00%

Top import products (HS6)

100 product categories ranked by 2023 import value.

#HS6ProductValue% of total
1854239Electronic integrated circuits: n.e.c. in heading no. 8542$73.79B11.83%
2854231Electronic integrated circuits: processors and controllers, whether or not combined with memories, converters, logic circuits, amplifiers, clock and timing circuits, or other circuits$63.92B10.25%
3710812Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder)$47.78B7.66%
4851712Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks$47.49B7.61%
5854232Electronic integrated circuits: memories$35.02B5.61%
6711319Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof$20.93B3.36%
7710239Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set$14.76B2.37%
8847330Machinery: parts and accessories (other than covers, carrying cases and the like) of the machines of heading no. 8471$14.09B2.26%
9851762Communication apparatus (excluding telephone sets or base stations): machines for the reception, conversion and transmission or regeneration of voice, images or other data, including switching and routing apparatus$12.07B1.94%
10271000Petroleum oils and oils from bituminous minerals, not crude: preparations n.e.c. containing by weight 70% or more of petroleum oils or oils from bituminous minerals: these being the basic constituents of the preparations: waste oils$11.32B1.81%
11851770Telephone sets and other apparatus for the transmission or reception of voice, images or other data, via a wired or wireless network: parts$8.51B1.36%
12710813Metals: gold, semi-manufactured$8.44B1.35%
13853400Circuits: printed$7.92B1.27%
14847130Automatic data processing machines: portable, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display$7.40B1.19%
15841112Turbo-jets: of a thrust exceeding 25kN$6.64B1.06%
16854129Electrical apparatus: transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of 1W or more$6.61B1.06%
17847170Units of automatic data processing machines: storage units$6.42B1.03%
18854233Electronic integrated circuits: amplifiers$5.70B0.91%
19847180Units of automatic data processing machines: n.e.c. in item no. 8471.50, 8471.60 or 8471.70$5.67B0.91%
20852990Reception and transmission apparatus: for use with the apparatus of heading no. 8525 to 8528, excluding aerials and aerial reflectors$5.60B0.90%
21841191Turbines: parts of turbo-jets and turbo-propellers$5.50B0.88%
22330499Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations)$5.00B0.80%
23852351Semiconductor media: solid-state non-volatile storage devices, whether or not recorded, excluding products of Chapter 37$3.97B0.64%
24847150Units of automatic data processing machines: processing units other than those of item no. 8471.41 or 8471.49, whether or not containing in the same housing one or two of the following types of unit: storage units, input units or output units$3.82B0.61%
25853690Electrical apparatus: n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for switching or protecting electrical circuits, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$3.66B0.59%
26854140Electrical apparatus: photosensitive, including photovoltaic cells, whether or not assembled in modules or made up into panels, light-emitting diodes (LED)$3.56B0.57%
27850440Electrical static converters$3.38B0.54%
28970110Paintings, drawings and pastels: executed entirely by hand, other than drawings of heading no. 4906$3.32B0.53%
29710691Metals: silver, unwrought, (but not powder)$2.97B0.48%
30853224Electrical capacitors: fixed, ceramic dielectric, multilayer$2.95B0.47%
31854290Parts of electronic integrated circuits$2.59B0.42%
32850760Electric accumulators: lithium-ion, including separators, whether or not rectangular (including square)$2.32B0.37%
33854110Electrical apparatus: diodes, other than photosensitive or light-emitting diodes (LED)$2.23B0.36%
34880240Aeroplanes and other aircraft: of an unladen weight exceeding 15,000kg$2.18B0.35%
35710391Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set$2.09B0.33%
36271121Petroleum gases and other gaseous hydrocarbons: in gaseous state, natural gas$2.05B0.33%
37910221Wrist-watches: whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding$1.96B0.31%
38300490Medicaments: consisting of mixed or unmixed products n.e.c. in heading no. 3004, for therapeutic or prophylactic uses, packaged for retail sale$1.96B0.31%
39854121Electrical apparatus: transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of less than 1W$1.85B0.30%
40852580Television cameras, digital cameras and video camera recorders$1.80B0.29%
41910121Wrist-watches: (not electrically operated), automatic winding, whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, case of precious metal or of metal clad with precious metal$1.78B0.28%
42850450Electrical inductors: n.e.c. in heading no. 8504$1.73B0.28%
43844399Printing machinery: parts and accessories, n.e.c. in item no. 8443.91$1.69B0.27%
44711291Waste and scrap of precious metals: of gold, including metal clad with gold but excluding sweepings containing other precious metals$1.65B0.26%
45870380Vehicles: with only electric motor for propulsion$1.60B0.26%
46711021Metals: palladium, unwrought or in powder form$1.57B0.25%
47711311Jewellery: of silver, whether or not plated or clad with other precious metal, and parts thereof$1.53B0.25%
48210690Food preparations: n.e.c. in item no. 2106.10$1.52B0.24%
49420221Cases and containers: handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of leather or of composition leather$1.52B0.24%
50854442Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, fitted with connectors$1.38B0.22%
51854370Electrical machines and apparatus: having individual functions, not specified or included elsewhere in this chapter, n.e.c. in heading no. 8543$1.38B0.22%
52711011Metals: platinum, unwrought or in powder form$1.25B0.20%
53721420Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, containing indentations, ribs, grooves or other deformations produced during the rolling process or twisted after rolling$1.21B0.19%
54853710Boards, panels, consoles, desks and other bases: for electric control or the distribution of electricity, (other than switching apparatus of heading no. 8517), for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$1.17B0.19%
55392690Plastics: other articles n.e.c. in chapter 39$1.16B0.19%
56854160Crystals: mounted piezo-electric$1.08B0.17%
57721410Iron or non-alloy steel: bars and rods, forged, hot-rolled, hot-drawn or hot-extruded, but including those twisted after rolling$1.07B0.17%
58848620Machines and apparatus of a kind used solely or principally for the manufacture of semiconductor devices or of electronic integrated circuits$995.25M0.16%
59730890Iron or steel: structures and parts thereof, n.e.c. in heading 7308$972.15M0.16%
60420292Cases and containers: n.e.c. in heading 4202, with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials$918.65M0.15%
61760200Aluminium: waste and scrap$914.47M0.15%
62710231Diamonds: non-industrial, unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted, but not mounted or set$910.25M0.15%
63220421Wine: still, in containers holding 2 litres or less$878.67M0.14%
64271600Electrical energy$854.00M0.14%
65853222Electrical capacitors: fixed, aluminium electrolytic$823.82M0.13%
66853890Electrical apparatus: parts suitable for use solely or principally with the apparatus of heading no. 8535, 8536 or 8537$809.83M0.13%
67910211Wrist-watches: electrically operated, with or without a stop-watch, (other than those of heading no. 9101) with mechanical display only$793.68M0.13%
68700319Glass: cast glass and rolled glass, non-wired sheets, (excluding those coloured throughout the mass (body tinted) opacified, flashed or having an absorbent or reflecting layer)$789.47M0.13%
69010129Horses: live, other than pure-bred breeding animals$756.04M0.12%
70020230Meat: of bovine animals, boneless cuts, frozen$753.56M0.12%
71420222Cases and containers: handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of sheeting of plastics or of textile materials$723.21M0.12%
72900190Optical elements: lenses n.e.c. in heading no. 9001, prisms, mirrors and other optical elements, unmounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked)$718.06M0.12%
73900219Lenses: objective, (other than for cameras, projectors or photographic enlargers or reducers), mounted, of any material (excluding elements of glass not optically worked)$698.23M0.11%
74950450Games: video game consoles and machines, other than those of subheading 9504.30$690.47M0.11%
75610910T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of cotton, knitted or crocheted$680.77M0.11%
76854449Insulated electric conductors: for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts, not fitted with connectors$666.99M0.11%
77950300Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys: dolls' carriages: dolls: other toys: reduced-size (scale) models and similar recreational models, working or not: puzzles of all kinds$662.29M0.11%
78711019Metals: platinum, semi-manufactured$660.44M0.11%
79890190Vessels: n.e.c. in heading no. 8901, for the transport of goods and other vessels for the transport of both persons and goods$660.33M0.11%
80293399Heterocyclic compounds: n.e.c. in headings no. 2933$640.89M0.10%
81840710Engines: for aircraft, spark-ignition reciprocating or rotary internal combustion piston engines$637.38M0.10%
82880330Aircraft and spacecraft: parts of aeroplanes or helicopters n.e.c. in heading no. 8803$633.54M0.10%
83220190Waters: other than mineral and aerated, (not containing added sugar or other sweetening matter nor flavoured), ice and snow$631.73M0.10%
84847989Machines and mechanical appliances: having individual functions, n.e.c. or included in this chapter$618.65M0.10%
85903190Instruments, appliances and machines: parts and accessories for those measuring or checking devices of heading no. 9031$608.98M0.10%
86901890Medical, surgical or dental instruments and appliances: n.e.c. in heading no. 9018$602.98M0.10%
87900410Sunglasses: corrective, protective or other$600.75M0.10%
88330300Perfumes and toilet waters$591.39M0.09%
89711031Metals: rhodium, unwrought or in powder form$581.15M0.09%
90853650Electrical apparatus: switches n.e.c. in heading no. 8536, for a voltage not exceeding 1000 volts$572.75M0.09%
91970600Antiques: of an age exceeding one hundred years$567.86M0.09%
92853321Electrical resistors: fixed, for a power handling capacity not exceeding 20W (including rheostats and potentiometers but excluding heating resistors and carbon resistors)$540.59M0.09%
93710490Stones: precious or semi-precious, synthetic or reconstructed, (not piezo-electric quartz), worked or graded or not, (but not strung, mounted or set), temporarily strung for transport convenience, n.e.c. in item no. 7104.20$539.42M0.09%
94850490Electrical transformers, static converters and inductors: parts thereof$534.99M0.09%
95710399Stones: precious (other than diamonds) and semi-precious stones, (other than rubies, sapphires and emeralds), worked other than simply sawn or roughly shaped, not strung, mounted or set$530.89M0.09%
96020329Meat: of swine, n.e.c. in item no. 0203.2, frozen$514.30M0.08%
97210390Sauces and preparations therefor: mixed condiments and mixed seasonings$511.04M0.08%
98640399Footwear: n.e.c. in heading no. 6403, (not covering the ankle), outer soles of rubber, plastics or composition leather, uppers of leather$504.10M0.08%
99270112Coal: bituminous, whether or not pulverised, but not agglomerated$502.04M0.08%
100903180Instruments, appliances and machines: for measuring or checking n.e.c. in chapter 90$499.99M0.08%