Fact · history · 2004-03-13
“World’s largest toy exporter” in an official statement (2004)
「全球最大玩具出口地」官方講法（2004 年）
Figure and reference date
2004: the world’s largest toy exporter
2004 年：全球最大的玩具出口地
Notes and definition
InvestHK press release, 13 March 2004: announcing a United States micro-motor maker’s regional headquarters, it explains that “Hong Kong is the world’s largest exporter of toys” and also records that “about half of the world’s toy exports come from Hong Kong” and a Hong Kong toy market “worth up to US$8.1 billion”. These are the words of a 2004 press release — the basis (domestic exports or including re-exports) is not stated — so they are not a yearly statistic and cannot be swapped with the 2007 “second largest” wording (see /calibre).
There is more than one official basis
World ranking of Hong Kong’s toy exports
Is Hong Kong the world’s largest toy exporter? An official press release says largest, while two later official speeches say second largest — which applies?
The same question has 3 official bases; their figures and scopes cannot be added together or swapped.
（口徑對照頁目前只有中文版：/calibre#toy-exporter-ranking）
Other figures in this group (history)
Figures in the same group are not necessarily additive — check the basis note above first. History.
| Item / 項目 | Figure / 數字 | As of / 時點 | Source / 來源 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 香港特別行政區成立 | 1 July 1997 一九九七年七月一日 Hong Kong Yearbook 2021, chapter 22, page 7: “The Hong Kong SAR was established on 1 July 1997.” The same page notes that the Basic Law took effect that day. | 1997-07-01 | Hong Kong Yearbook 2021, Chapter 22: History |
| Hong Kong residents injured in the 2015 Formosa Fun Coast dust explosion 八仙樂園粉塵爆炸中受傷港人數目 | 5 5 Immigration Department reply, 28 June 2015: as at 3.30pm that day, five Hong Kong residents had been confirmed injured. The figure could change later, so citations must state the date. | 2015-06-28 | Immigration Department follows up fire incident in New Taipei City of Taiwan |
| Enquiries handled by the HKSAR Government after the 2011 Japan disaster 日本 311 事件中政府處理查詢數目 | 7,100 7 100 Government press release, 20 March 2011: since the earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear incident the HKSAR Government had handled “over 7,100” enquiries — the original wording is “over”, so the figure is a floor, not an exact count. | 2011-03-20 | Updates from the HKSAR Government on Assisting Residents in Japan |
| Requests for assistance handled after the 2011 Japan disaster 日本 311 事件中政府處理求助數目 | 2,000 2 000 Same release: the Government had handled “close to 2,000” assistance requests — an approximation in the original wording — and said the vast majority had been settled. | 2011-03-20 | Updates from the HKSAR Government on Assisting Residents in Japan |
| Hong Kong residents killed in the 2002 Bali bombing 峇里爆炸中罹難港人數目 | 2 2 Government press release, 15 October 2002: the Chinese Embassy in Jakarta told the Immigration Department that the names of two people killed in the blast matched two missing rugby team members. The release also notes that one victim was a British national who was a former Hong Kong resident. | 2002-10-15 | Latest development of the Indonesia Bali explosion |
| Enquiries received by the Immigration Department during the 2010 Icelandic ash disruption 冰島火山灰事件中入境處接獲查詢數目 | 234 234 Government press release, 21 April 2010: as at that day the Assistance to Hong Kong Residents Unit of the Immigration Department had received 234 enquiries, mainly about flight information. The figure published the previous day was 168. | 2010-04-21 | Government assists residents stranded in Europe by air traffic disruptions (21 April) |
| Requests for assistance received during the 2010 Icelandic ash disruption 冰島火山灰事件中入境處接獲求助數目 | 11 11 Same release: there were also 11 requests for assistance; the figure published on 20 April was four. | 2010-04-21 | Government assists residents stranded in Europe by air traffic disruptions (21 April) |
| Hong Kong residents returning on special flights during the 2008 Bangkok airport closure 曼谷機場事件中乘特別航班返港港人數目 | 600 600 Government spokesman, 29 November 2008: three special flights operated by Cathay Pacific, Hong Kong Express and Orient Thai Airlines were carrying 600 Hong Kong residents back to Hong Kong. | 2008-11-29 | HK residents returning from Thailand |
| Hong Kong residents on the first chartered flight home from the Diamond Princess 鑽石公主號首批乘包機返港港人數目 | 106 106 Government press release, 20 February 2020: 106 Hong Kong residents from the Diamond Princess, including six who had completed quarantine in Saitama Prefecture and been allowed to leave Japan, arrived in Hong Kong from Tokyo on a chartered flight arranged by the SAR Government. | 2020-02-20 | First batch of Hong Kong residents on board Diamond Princess return to Hong Kong smoothly |
| Diamond Princess passengers who had returned to Hong Kong 鑽石公主號上已返港港人數目 | 208 208 Government press release, 23 February 2020: the last two chartered flights brought back 188 Hong Kong residents; together with 20 passengers who returned on other flights, 208 Diamond Princess passengers had returned to Hong Kong by then. | 2020-02-23 | Third chartered flight taking back Hong Kong residents on board Diamond Princess departed Tokyo |
| Requests for help over Southeast Asia job scams 東南亞求職騙案求助個案數目 | 28 28 Secretary for Security, 20 August 2022: law enforcement had received 28 requests for assistance. The figure changed over time, so citations must state the date. | 2022-08-20 | Secretary for Security on Southeast Asia job scams |
| People who had returned to Hong Kong in the Southeast Asia job scam cases 東南亞求職騙案中已返回香港人數 | 10 10 Same statement: of the 28 requests, 14 people had been confirmed safe and 10 had returned to Hong Kong. | 2022-08-20 | Secretary for Security on Southeast Asia job scams |
156 more figures in this group are listed in History.
How to cite this figure
Hong Kong Story, ““World’s largest toy exporter” in an official statement (2004)”, https://hongkongstory.org/en/facts/toy-largest-exporter-2004, data as at 2004-03-13 (retrieved ＿).
中文：香港紀事館，〈「全球最大玩具出口地」官方講法（2004 年）〉，https://hongkongstory.org/facts/toy-largest-exporter-2004，資料時點 2004-03-13（查閱日期 ＿）。
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Registered source
Invest Hong Kong (issued through the Government Information Services)
Official document dated 2004-03-13; last checked by this site 2026-10-21.
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