STATRYS SME TRADE FLOWS REPORT 2026 - CHARTS
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All charts: PNG, 3200 x 2000 px.

HOW TO USE THESE CHARTS
- Free to republish in articles, presentations and reports.
- Credit: "Source: Statrys SME Trade Flows Report 2026", with a link to the report page.
- Please do not alter the figures. Cropping or resizing is fine.
- Suggested citation: Statrys, SME Trade Flows Report 2026, October 2026.

DATA NOTES
- Hong Kong-incorporated SMEs with a Statrys business account, payments to and from third parties, Jan-Sep 2026 vs Jan-Sep 2025.
- Figures 1, 7 and 8 include FX conversion data for all Statrys business account clients (Hong Kong and Singapore).
- All figures are shares, percentage-point changes or growth rates. Full methodology on the report page.

MEDIA CONTACT
press@statrys.com (interviews with Bertrand Theaud, Founder of Statrys, or additional cuts of the data)

CHARTS

Figure 1: Key numbers
  File: Figure_01_Key_numbers.png
  Alt text: Statrys SME Trade Flows Report 2026 key numbers, Jan–Sep 2025 to Jan–Sep 2026: payments to Vietnam +209% (0.6% to 1.7% of outgoing payments), Southeast Asia share 9.2% to 12.5%, China share 25.0% to 24.2%, US dollar share of outgoing payments 68.7% to 72.0%, US share of payments received 15.1% to 12.9%, US dollar to yuan conversions +69% vs +21% for all FX

Figure 2: Where SME payments gained and lost ground
  File: Figure_02_Corridor_share_change.png
  Alt text: Bar chart of the change in share of Hong Kong SME outgoing payments by destination, Jan–Sep 2026 vs 2025. Hong Kong domestic +1.8 points, Vietnam, Thailand and Singapore +1.0 each, India -2.1, UAE -1.6, China -0.8

Figure 3: Southeast Asia's share of SME payments stepped up in 2026
  File: Figure_03_Southeast_Asia_share_by_quarter.png
  Alt text: Column chart of ASEAN's share of Hong Kong SME outgoing payments by quarter: 7.7%, 9.7%, 9.9%, 9.6% in 2025, then 12.1%, 13.7%, 11.7% in 2026

Figure 4: Vietnam grew on top of China, through larger payments
  File: Figure_04_China_vs_Vietnam.png
  Alt text: Three panels comparing China and Vietnam year-on-year change: payment value +11% vs +209%, number of payments +16% vs +59%, average payment size -4% vs +95%

Figure 5: Who is paying Hong Kong SMEs
  File: Figure_05_Incoming_share_change.png
  Alt text: Bar chart of the change in share of Hong Kong SME incoming payments by sender country, Jan–Sep 2026 vs 2025: Hong Kong domestic +4.4 points, China +2.8, Australia +0.6, US -2.2, UAE -8.8

Figure 6: The dollar still pays for most China trade
  File: Figure_06_China_currency_mix.png
  Alt text: Stacked bar chart of the currency mix of Hong Kong SME payments to China: US dollar 80.8% in 2025 and 83.4% in 2026, offshore yuan 15.3% and 11.2%, euro 3.4% and 4.4%

Figure 7: Yuan conversions grew far faster than FX overall
  File: Figure_07_Yuan_conversions.png
  Alt text: Bar chart: conversions from US dollars into yuan grew 69%, against 21% for all currency conversions, Jan–Sep 2026 vs Jan–Sep 2025

Figure 8: What SMEs bought when they converted currency
  File: Figure_08_FX_currency_bought.png
  Alt text: Bar chart of the change in share of FX conversion value by currency bought: USD +3.2 points, HKD +2.2, CNH +1.9, AUD +1.8, GBP -4.0, EUR -5.0

Figure 9: China's share: steady going out, rising coming in
  File: Figure_09_China_linked_share.png
  Alt text: Grouped bar chart of China's share of Hong Kong SME payment value, Jan–Sep 2025 vs 2026: payments sent 25.0% to 24.2%, payments received 2.5% to 5.3%, all China-linked flows 13.2% to 14.3%
