Fact · economy · 2024-12
Persons employed in rubber and plastics products (toys excluded)
橡膠及塑膠產品製造業就業人數（玩具除外）
Figure and reference date
1,322 (December 2024)
1 322 人（2024 年 12 月）
Notes and definition
Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13 Figure 1: “rubber and plastics products (excl. furniture, toys, sporting goods and stationery)” employed 1,322 persons, 1.8% of manufacturing employment. Toys are expressly excluded from the official manufacturing breakdown, so there is no separate official toy-industry employment figure to quote.
Other figures in this group (economy)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. Economy.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal tender 法定貨幣 | Hong Kong dollar 港元 | 2026-07 | Hong Kong Fact Sheet |
| Gross domestic product (government website figure) 本地生產總值（政府網站數字） | HK$3,329.8 billion 33,298 億港元 GovHK page as of July 2026. The statistical publication’s separate figure for the same year is fact entry gdp-2025-censtatd; the two outlets’ figures must not be swapped or added — name the outlet you quote. | 2025 | Hong Kong Fact Sheet |
| Gross domestic product (statistical publication) 本地生產總值（統計處刊物數字） | HK$3,331.8 billion 33,318 億港元 Hong Kong in Figures 2026, at current market prices; the publication marks the figure as subject to later revision. The government website figure is fact entry gdp-2025-govhk; the two must not be swapped or added. | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Per capita GDP 人均本地生產總值 | HK$444,044 444,044 港元 GovHK figure. The Census and Statistics Department lists HK$444,302 in the same-year publication, marked as revisable; it has no fact entry here, so it is not cited as a second basis. | 2025 | Hong Kong Fact Sheet |
| Real GDP growth 本地生產總值實質增長 | 3.6% 3.6% | 2025 | Hong Kong Fact Sheet |
| Ranking among world trading economies 全球貿易經濟體排名 | 5th 第 5 位 As stated on GovHK; the mainland of China is the principal trading partner. | 2026-07 | Hong Kong Fact Sheet |
| Merchandise imports (c.i.f.) 商品進口貨值（到岸價） | HK$5,686.8 billion 56,868 億港元 Based on import/export declarations. Not directly comparable with national-accounts imports of goods compiled on the change-of-ownership principle. Trade with the mainland is included. | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Merchandise total exports (f.o.b.) 商品整體出口貨值（離岸價） | HK$5,240.3 billion 52,403 億港元 Based on import/export declarations, not national-accounts exports of goods. | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Total merchandise trade 商品貿易總額 | HK$10,927.1 billion 109,271 億港元 | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Merchandise imports from Chinese Mainland 自中國內地商品進口 | HK$2,491.8 billion 24,918 億港元 | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Merchandise total exports to Chinese Mainland 對中國內地商品整體出口 | HK$3,128.5 billion 31,285 億港元 | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
| Composite Consumer Price Index 綜合消費物價指數 | 108.9 108.9 October 2019 – September 2020 = 100. | 2025 | Hong Kong in Figures, 2026 Edition |
45 more figures in this group are listed in Economy.
Other figures from the same official source
These figures come from the same registered document: “Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: Commerce and Economic Development” (Information Services Department). Being in one document does not make them additive.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Persons employed in manufacturing 製造業就業人數 | 75,700 (2024) 75 700 人（2024 年） Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: manufacturing employed 75,700 persons in 2024, 2% of total employment. The chapter’s Figure 1 breaks the sector down at December 2024, a different reference point from the annual figure in the text; the two must not be converted into each other or added. | 2024 | Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: Commerce and Economic Development |
| Persons employed in the manufacture of wearing apparel 成衣製造業就業人數 | 1,912 (December 2024) 1 912 人（2024 年 12 月） Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13 Figure 1: the manufacture of wearing apparel was 2.6% of manufacturing employment, or 1,912 persons (December 2024). Both the percentage and the headcount are the yearbook’s own published figures. | 2024-12 | Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: Commerce and Economic Development |
| Customs inspections (toys, children’s products and consumer goods) 海關抽查次數（玩具、兒童產品及消費品） | 9,739 (2024) 9 739 次（2024 年） Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: Customs conducted 9,739 inspections in 2024 to ensure toys, children’s products and consumer goods sold in Hong Kong are safe. The scope is the three categories together and must not be quoted as a toy-only figure. | 2024 | Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: Commerce and Economic Development |
| Customs enforcement cases completed (toys, children’s products and consumer goods) 海關完成處理執法個案（玩具、兒童產品及消費品） | 246 (2024) 246 宗（2024 年） Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: 246 enforcement cases were completed during the year under the Toy and Children’s Products Safety Ordinance and the Consumer Goods Safety Ordinance, among others. The count spans several ordinances and product types, not toys alone. | 2024 | Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: Commerce and Economic Development |
| Government Laboratory safety tests (toys, children’s products and consumer goods) 政府化驗所安全測試項數（玩具、兒童產品及消費品） | 33,978 (2024) 33 978 項（2024 年） Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: the Government Laboratory ran 33,978 safety tests on toys, children’s products and consumer goods during the year — again a combined figure for all three categories. | 2024 | Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: Commerce and Economic Development |
How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, “Persons employed in rubber and plastics products (toys excluded)”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/plastics-manufacturing-employees-2024, data as at 2024-12 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈橡膠及塑膠產品製造業就業人數（玩具除外）〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/plastics-manufacturing-employees-2024，資料時點 2024-12（查閱日期 ＿）。
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Registered source
Hong Kong Yearbook 2024, Chapter 13: Commerce and Economic Development
Information Services Department
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