Source: Hong Kong Government special administrative region
Business receipts in value terms of almost all major service industries showed increases of varying magnitudes in the first quarter of 2026 when compared with the first quarter of 2025, according to the provisional figures of business receipts indices released today (June 9) by the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD).
Comparing the first quarter of 2026 with the first quarter of 2025, double-digit increases were recorded in business receipts indices of the import/export trade (+33.3%), insurance (+31.0%), financing (except banking) (+19.5%), wholesale (+17.4%), retail (+12.1%) and banking (+11.7%) industries. On the other hand, the warehousing and storage industry recorded a decrease of 2.0% in business receipts index during the same period.