HK's total retail sales in 2025 up 1% year-on-year

For 2025 as a whole, the city's total retail sales was provisionally estimated at 380 billion dollars, up 1 percent year-on-year.

The value of total retail sales in December 2025, provisionally estimated at 35 billion dollars, was an increase of 6.6 percent compared with the same month in 2024.

Of the total retail sales value in December 2025, online sales accounted for 8.8 percent.

The value of online retail sales in that month, provisionally estimated at 3.1 billion dollars, was an increase of 30.9 percent compared with the same month in 2024.

A government spokesman said looking ahead, improving local consumption sentiment together with continued vibrant growth in inbound visitors, will continue to be favourable to retail businesses.