Goods Exports Up 5.4%

The volume of Hong Kong's total exports of goods increased 5.4% year-on-year in April, the Census & Statistics Department announced today.

 

Concurrently, the volume of imports of goods increased 8.3%.

 

The prices of total exports of goods rose 2.6% year-on-year and those of total goods imports rose 2.7%.

 

For the first four months of 2018, the volume of total exports of goods was up 6.8% over the same period last year, and that of total goods imports rose 8.2%.

 

The prices of total goods exports and imports rose 2.4% for the period.

 

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the volume of total exports of goods increased 1.8% in the three months ending April compared with the preceding three months, while goods imports increased 4%.

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