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Exporters sending goods by water or land to EU countries need to overhaul their paperwork, as the bloc’s Import Control System 2 (ICS2) comes into effect for all arriving goods from 3 June onwards.

HKTDC’s revamped Export Confidence Index brings a more comprehensive outlook on export performance.

The Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) this week announced its major focus areas for 2024-2025 to strengthen Hong Kong’s status as a leading global business and investment hub and C&E centre and create opportunities for Hong Kong businesses.

The height and breadth of China’s advance across the world economic stage over the past five decades has been breath-taking, leaving traders and investors wondering where and how to step in.

Ambitious people seeking a can-do city have streamed to Hong Kong for many years, making the city a magnet for talent. This talent magnet is now expanding more than 10 times in size and strength as the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area opens up to world business.

Hong Kong’s super-connector role is extending across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) and many businesses seeking to connect and expand are targeting Southeast Asia.

Investment advisers often recommend their clients take an adaptable approach to investing and diversify their asset portfolios, and this applies to countries as much as it does to individuals, families and corporations.

India's rapid economic growth and youthful demographics have boosted industrial innovation and consumption. In 2021, India was Hong Kong's eighth-largest trading partner, the sixth largest economy in the world and ranked second in terms of population.

In his wide-ranging second Policy Address, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (Hong Kong SAR) Chief Executive John Lee highlighted trade, intellectual property and SMEs.

Mineral-rich Northeast China, comprising the coastal Liaoning and landlocked Jilin and Heilongjiang provinces, has traditionally been a centre for heavy industry and is now reworking itself as a hub for high-value, high-technology production.

Fears of economic slowdowns in key markets dented Hong Kong exporters’ confidence in the third quarter, but they identified Asia, especially Southeast Asia and Mainland China, as bright spots.

Business leaders from around the world descended on Hong Kong this week to map out a shared future in a world of realigning supply chains, a fourth industrial revolution and global desire to deploy sustainable technologies.