# Italy exports to Hong Kong: Trade Route Risk | Yugalinks

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

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

## Route overview

In 2024, Italy reported $2.3B in goods exports to Hong Kong. The overall review level is Critical 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 | $2.3B | 2024 route total |
| Exports needing review | 84.1% | Share of route exports |
| Highest-priority products | 13 | Need the closest review |
| Products needing review | 212 | High-attention product types |
| Export volatility | 1 | Higher means bigger yearly swings |
| Below highest year | 39.9% | Compared with the route's best year |

## Product types to review

| Rank | HS6 | Product | Buyer-market imports | Below product high | Review level |
| ---: | --- | --- | ---: | ---: | --- |
| 1 | 854129 | Electrical apparatus: transistors, (other than photosensitive), with a dissipation rate of 1W or more | $1.9B | 0% | High attention |
| 2 | 890392 | Motorboats: (other than outboard motorboats), for pleasure or sports, other than inflatable | $186.1M | 28.5% | High attention |
| 3 | 610910 | T-shirts, singlets and other vests: of cotton, knitted or crocheted | $425.3M | 44.7% | High attention |
| 4 | 621790 | Clothing: parts of garments or of clothing accessories, other than those of heading no. 6212 (not knitted or crocheted) | $67.5M | 6.8% | High attention |
| 5 | 710239 | Diamonds: non-industrial, (other than unworked or simply sawn, cleaved or bruted), but not mounted or set | $6.5B | 1.6% | Watch |
| 6 | 910121 | Wrist-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 | $1.4B | 69.1% | Critical attention |
| 7 | 420221 | Cases and containers: handbags (whether or not with shoulder strap and including those without handle), with outer surface of leather, of composition leather or of patent leather | $776.4M | 71.1% | Critical attention |
| 8 | 710391 | Stones: rubies, sapphires and emeralds, worked (other than simply sawn or roughly shaped), not strung, mounted or set | $1.5B | 44.1% | High attention |
| 9 | 620193 | Anoraks (including ski-jackets), wind-cheaters, wind-jackets and similar articles: men's or boys', of man-made fibres, other than those of heading no. 6203 (not knitted or crocheted) | $87.9M | 0% | High attention |
| 10 | 910221 | Wrist-watches: whether or not incorporating a stop-watch facility, with automatic winding | $1.4B | 73.5% | Critical attention |

## 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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