# Hong Kong exports to Saudi Arabia: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

Understand reported exports from Hong Kong to Saudi Arabia, the product routes that need a closer look, and the conditions that may affect planning.

Canonical: https://www.yugalinks.com/trade/corridor/HKG-SAU/risk

## Route overview

In 2024, Hong Kong reported $1.4B in goods exports to Saudi Arabia. The overall review level is High attention.

## How to read this page

High attention means one or more conditions on these product types deserve a closer look. It is not a prediction that trade will stop or that a loss is certain. An HS6 code is the international six-digit code used to describe and compare traded goods.

## Key numbers

| Measure | Value | What it means |
| --- | ---: | --- |
| Latest reported exports | $1.4B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 65.5% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 2 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 39 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1.6 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 12.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 851712 | Telephones for cellular networks or for other wireless networks | $4.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 851762 | Communication 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 | $2.4B | 0% | Watch |
| 3 | 847130 | Data processing machines: portable, digital and automatic, weighing not more than 10kg, consisting of at least a central processing unit, a keyboard and a display | $1.4B | 0% | High attention |
| 4 | 620442 | Dresses: women's or girls', of cotton (not knitted or crocheted) | $370.1M | 40.1% | High attention |
| 5 | 710812 | Metals: gold, non-monetary, unwrought (but not powder) | $8.0B | 19.1% | High attention |
| 6 | 910211 | Wrist-watches: electrically operated, with or without a stop-watch, (other than those of heading no. 9101) with mechanical display only | $114.8M | 0% | Watch |
| 7 | 711790 | Jewellery: imitation, of other than base metal, whether or not plated with precious metal | $133.1M | 65.5% | Critical attention |
| 8 | 847150 | Digital processing units: other than those of subheadings 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 | $747.0M | 65.5% | High attention |
| 9 | 711319 | Jewellery: of precious metal (excluding silver) whether or not plated or clad with precious metal, and parts thereof | $1.8B | 93.2% | Critical attention |
| 10 | 330499 | Cosmetic and toilet preparations: n.e.c. in heading no. 3304, for the care of the skin (excluding medicaments, including sunscreen or sun tan preparations) | $820.9M | 0% | Watch |

## Data sources

- Primary trade series: OECD (2025), Balanced international merchandise trade statistics (BIMTS) - HS2017-6D, OECD Data Explorer (accessed on 2026-08-29). [OECD Data Explorer](https://data-explorer.oecd.org/) - [OECD Terms & Conditions](https://www.oecd.org/termsandconditions/)
- CEPII BACI bilateral trade flows (202601): [dataset page](https://www.cepii.fr/CEPII/en/bdd_modele/bdd_modele_item.asp?id=37) - [BACI documentation](https://www.cepii.fr/DATA_DOWNLOAD/baci/doc/baci_webpage.html) - [Etalab 2.0 Open Licence](https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/open-licence.pdf)

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