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The Hong Kong market has developed into a dynamic wine export destination since the abolishment of wine tariffs in 2008. The slow recovery of the global economy dampened the city’s global imports of wine in 2023.

In 2022, Hong Kong was the world’s tenth largest spirits importer, with global imports recovering 7 percent year-on-year and valued at $502 million. From 2020-2021, Hong Kong’s imports and domestic sales of spirits were seriously hampered under the COVID-19 pandemic, as most restaurants, pubs, and bars were closed due to stringent dining, social distancing, and travel restrictions.

Hong Kong is an open market offering good opportunities for U.S. beer exporters. Over the last two years, both beer imports and domestic sales have been stable despite the pandemic. In 2021, Hong Kong’s global beer imports held steady from the previous year at $115 million, making the city the fourteenth largest beer import market in the world. Domestic beer sales recovered 9 percent from 2020 at $732 million.

Over the last five years, Hong Kong’s global imports of hops expanded 42 percent, growing 10 percent to $7.2 million in 2021. The United States continues as the leading supplier enjoying 96 percent market share. Hong Kong re-exported 72 percent of its hop imports to other markets in the region, retaining 28 percent for local breweries.

The Hong Kong wine market has stayed resilient since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The local foodservice business has suffered the most as the operation of restaurants and bars were often curbed to contain the virus. However, wine retail sales injected energy to a sluggish market and enabled the continuation of wine consumption in Hong Kong.

In 2019, Macau’s retail food sector sales rose 7.3 percent to US$613 million, a positive growth trend forecast to continue, especially in segments where U.S. products have strong prospects...

Jordan counts with increasingly westernized consumer tastes. Its 10.5 million consumers are demanding a wider variety of foreign food and agricultural products that are attractively packaged....

ATO Hong Kong supported students at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management to organize USA-themed dinners incorporating a range of U.S. ingredients....

This report aims to identify U.S. agricultural/food products with the best prospects for export based on an analysis of Hong Kong’s agricultural imports from 2014 to 2018.

Seventeen U.S. exhibitors reported projected 12 month sales of over $105,000 through their participation in the Hong Kong International Wine and Spirits Fair 2018.

ATO Hong Kong and the U.S. Dairy Export Council organized a U.S. artisanal cheese tasting event on November 8, 2018, showcasing around 40 types of cheese to over 60 distinguished guests....

Six participants with nine booths at the U.S.A. Pavilion reported on-site sales and orders of over US$85,000 and US$30,000, respectively, at Hong Kong’s Wine and Dine Festival 2018.