Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? in Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong, China: Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? was 1.04 million tonnes in 2023. ▲ Rising
Latest (2023)
1.04 million tonnes
Change on year
down 0.2%
World rank
100th
of 192 countries
All-time high
1.25 million tonnes
in 2014
All-time low
633,000 tonnes
in 1965
Years of data
63
1961–2023
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? in Hong Kong, China, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes.
Analysis
In 2023, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? in Hong Kong, China stood at 1.04 million tonnes.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 14.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? in Hong Kong, China peaked at 1.25 million tonnes in 2014 and was at its lowest, 633,000 tonnes, in 1965.
Hong Kong, China ranks 100th of 192 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 63 years of available data.
Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? in Hong Kong, China, year by year
| Year | tonnes | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 638,000 tonnes | — |
| 1962 | 774,000 tonnes | +21.3% |
| 1963 | 712,000 tonnes | -8.0% |
| 1964 | 699,000 tonnes | -1.8% |
| 1965 | 633,000 tonnes | -9.4% |
| 1966 | 661,000 tonnes | +4.4% |
| 1967 | 746,000 tonnes | +12.9% |
| 1968 | 744,000 tonnes | -0.3% |
| 1969 | 753,000 tonnes | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 764,000 tonnes | +1.5% |
| 1971 | 818,000 tonnes | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 867,000 tonnes | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 864,000 tonnes | -0.3% |
| 1974 | 735,000 tonnes | -14.9% |
| 1975 | 758,000 tonnes | +3.1% |
| 1976 | 856,000 tonnes | +12.9% |
| 1977 | 903,000 tonnes | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 896,000 tonnes | -0.8% |
| 1979 | 969,000 tonnes | +8.1% |
| 1980 | 930,000 tonnes | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 957,000 tonnes | +2.9% |
| 1982 | 1.01 million tonnes | +5.7% |
| 1983 | 1.10 million tonnes | +8.7% |
| 1984 | 998,000 tonnes | -9.3% |
| 1985 | 1.04 million tonnes | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 1.08 million tonnes | +4.2% |
| 1987 | 1.06 million tonnes | -2.6% |
| 1988 | 900,000 tonnes | -14.8% |
| 1989 | 1.01 million tonnes | +12.2% |
| 1990 | 952,000 tonnes | -5.7% |
| 1991 | 1.01 million tonnes | +6.2% |
| 1992 | 1.01 million tonnes | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 862,000 tonnes | -14.6% |
| 1994 | 875,000 tonnes | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 968,000 tonnes | +10.6% |
| 1996 | 926,000 tonnes | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 888,000 tonnes | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 824,000 tonnes | -7.2% |
| 1999 | 841,000 tonnes | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 829,000 tonnes | -1.4% |
| 2001 | 896,000 tonnes | +8.1% |
| 2002 | 901,000 tonnes | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 911,000 tonnes | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 919,000 tonnes | +0.9% |
| 2005 | 944,000 tonnes | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 950,000 tonnes | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 957,000 tonnes | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 915,000 tonnes | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 905,000 tonnes | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 1.15 million tonnes | +27.0% |
| 2011 | 1.20 million tonnes | +4.0% |
| 2012 | 1.18 million tonnes | -1.2% |
| 2013 | 1.22 million tonnes | +3.0% |
| 2014 | 1.25 million tonnes | +2.9% |
| 2015 | 1.20 million tonnes | -4.1% |
| 2016 | 1.20 million tonnes | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 1.20 million tonnes | -0.7% |
| 2018 | 1.20 million tonnes | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 1.12 million tonnes | -6.4% |
| 2020 | 1.10 million tonnes | -2.0% |
| 2021 | 1.05 million tonnes | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 1.04 million tonnes | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 1.04 million tonnes | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 706,667 tonnes | 633,000 tonnes | 774,000 tonnes | 9 |
| 1970s | 843,000 tonnes | 735,000 tonnes | 969,000 tonnes | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.01 million tonnes | 900,000 tonnes | 1.10 million tonnes | 10 |
| 1990s | 915,600 tonnes | 824,000 tonnes | 1.01 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2000s | 912,700 tonnes | 829,000 tonnes | 957,000 tonnes | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.19 million tonnes | 1.12 million tonnes | 1.25 million tonnes | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 million tonnes | 1.04 million tonnes | 1.10 million tonnes | 4 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0004 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
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- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? in Hong Kong, China?
- Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? in Hong Kong, China was 1.04 million tonnes in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? recorded in Hong Kong, China?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 million tonnes in 2014.
- What is the lowest cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? recorded in Hong Kong, China?
- The lowest recorded value was 633,000 tonnes in 1965.
- How does Hong Kong, China rank for cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters??
- Hong Kong, China ranks 100th out of 192 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters? rising or falling in Hong Kong, China?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Hong Kong, China data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Cereals: which countries are net importers and exporters?. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Imports and exports are measured as the net sum of all cereal crop varieties. Countries which lie above the grey line are net importers of cereals; those below the line are net exporters.