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On August 13, the Hong Kong Centre for Food Safety (CFS) confirmed to ATO Hong Kong that effective February 14, 2025, the Special Autonomous Region (SAR) of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) will transition from a “systems-based” approach to recognizing foreign meat and poultry establishments to an “establishment or plant-based” registration system.

This report provides guidelines on Hong Kong’s food import regulations.

Hong Kong does not have any certification changes for food imports since the last report submitted in July 2023. This report lists the certificates required by the Hong Kong Government (HKG) for U.S. agricultural and food exports to Hong Kong. Certificate samples are included in the appendix.

Macau is a budding culinary destination in Asia receiving nearly 36 million tourists in 2018.

ATO Hong Kong supported students at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University’s School of Hospitality and Tourism Management to organize USA-themed dinners incorporating a range of U.S. ingredients....

Live pig imports to Hong Kong are still in short supplies two weeks after the resumption of trade following the second African Swine Fever (ASF) case in late May.

This report aims to identify U.S. agricultural/food products with the best prospects for export based on an analysis of Hong Kong’s agricultural imports from 2014 to 2018.