Hong Kong Manufacturing Output Edges Up in Q2 2025

Manufacturing production in Hong Kong rose 0.9% year-on-year in the second quarter of 2025, slightly accelerating from a 0.7% gain in the previous period. Output growth rebounded in food, beverages, and tobacco (2.0% vs -0.3% in Q1 2025) and edged up slightly in miscellaneous manufacturing industries (0.7% vs 0.8%). However, the gains were partially offset by a contraction in textiles and wearing apparel (-5.7% vs 0.9%), alongside slower growth in paper products, printing, and reproduction of recorded media (1.5% vs 2.9%) and in metal, computer, electronics, and optical products, machinery, and equipment (0.2% vs 2.3%). On a seasonally adjusted quarterly basis, manufacturing output increased 0.3% in Q2 2025, rebounding from a 0.5% contraction in the previous quarter.