Local Time: Print | E-mail Page

Hong Kong is Open for Your Business

U.S. Commercial Service Hong Kong Services for U.S. Companies

Every year, the U.S. Commercial Service helps thousands of companies export goods and services worth billions of dollars. Let us help you find the best opportunities for your business in Hong Kong.

Proven Trade Expertise. Our global network of trade professionals is located throughout the United States and in U.S. Embassies and Consulates in nearly 80 countries, including Hong Kong. Whether you’re looking to make your first export sale or expand your business in Hong Kong, we offer the trade counseling, market intelligence, business matchmaking, and commercial diplomacy you need to connect with lucrative business opportunities. In addition, we will help you to develop trade finance and insurance strategies that align with your particular business objectives and help you complete your export transaction.

Following is a list of our general assistance areas. Our commercial specialists will work with you to identify and tailor the right mix of U.S. Commercial Service capabilities to achieve your exporting goals. Contact us for details.

Trade Counseling

Planning and Strategy

  • Create a comprehensive international business plan for entry or expansion into Hong Kong.
  • Get ideas and cost-effective solutions to help achieve your business goals.

Legal and Regulatory Issues

  • Determine export licensing needs for shipping your products.
  • Understand and comply with global product standards, certification requirements, electricity regulations, and packaging laws.
  • Learn how to avoid intellectual property rights issues and legal disputes.

Documentation and Product Requirements

  • Learn about export documents, including Electronic Export Information filing, invoices, packing lists, and certificates of origin.
  • Verify the tariff rate for your product, as well as any import fees for a particular market.
  • Determine your product’s Schedule B and HS numbers.

Trade Problems

  • Get assistance with customs-related issues.
  • Obtain advocacy support if your company’s exports or Hong Kong bids are adversely affected by a trade barrier or by market access issues.
  • Learn how to limit the risk of non-payment, and receive counseling if problems arise.

Trade Finance and Insurance

  • Formulate an export finance strategy leveraging loan programs provided by the Export-Import Bank of America, the Small Business Administration, and other trade finance organizations to reduce risk and enable your company to offer competitive terms of sale in Hong Kong.
  • Get guidance on pricing your products and services to ensure competitiveness in the Hong Kong markets while maximizing your profits.

Market Intelligence

Country and Industry Reports

  • Get accurate and detailed information—at no cost—from country and industry market reports written by our in-country trade professionals.
  • Receive updates information on new regulations, business trends, and government-financed projects.

Customized Market Research

  • Gauge the sales potential for your products or services with individualized reports on global markets.
  • Discover which factors influence prospective customers, identify your competitors, and obtain pricing for comparable products.

Background Reports

  • Learn about potential partners from our trade professionals working in Hong Kong.
  • Order an international company report containing available sales, profit figures, potential liabilities, and other financial information. Or order a light international company profile to verify the company’s existence and provide basic information about location and business directors.

Trade Data and Analysis

Business Matchmaking

Contact Lists

  • Identify potential Hong Kong partners.
  • Market your firm directly to Hong Kong companies.

Partner Search

Personalized Business Matchmaking

  • Meet one-on-one with pre-screened Hong Kong buyers, sales representatives, and business partners through our Gold Key Service.
  • Leverage customized market briefings, research, and advice through our Platinum Key Service.

In-Country Promotions

  • Leverage customized venues to reach potential Hong Kong partners and buyers.
  • Advertise in our official catalog of U.S. suppliers sent to nearly 400,000 international companies, including Hong Kong potential buyers.
  • Feature your company on our Featured U.S. Exporters or our Chinese-language buyer-directed web site.

Trade Missions

  • Participate in official business development missions led by senior U.S. government leaders. Meet with Hong Kong agents, distributors, government and industry officials, prospective customers, and U.S. Consulate officials.

Trade Shows

  • Use our International Buyer Program to meet with pre-screened buyers and receive export counseling at major U.S. trade shows.
  • Exhibit in the U.S. Pavilion at Hong Kong international trade fairs.
  • Let us distribute your marketing literature at Hong Kong international trade shows.

Commercial Diplomacy

  • Overcome trade obstacles to successfully enter the Hong Kong market.
  • Benefit from coordinated U.S. government engagement with the Hong Kong government to protect U.S. business interests.
  • Access U.S. government trade advocacy for Hong Kong Government procurement bids.

Contact us today to connect with a world of opportunity.