June Goods Exports Drop 0.6%
The volume of Hong Kong's total goods exports decreased by 0.6% year-on-year in June, the Census & Statistics Department announced today.
The volume of goods imports fell 6.3% compared to the same period last year.
Prices of total goods exports and imports both decreased 0.8%.
On a seasonally adjusted basis, the volume of goods exports increased 5.5% in the second quarter, while the volume of goods imports rose 0.9%.
Compared with the first half of the year over the same period in 2019, the volume of goods exports decreased 6.2%, while that of goods imports fell 8.5%.
In the first half of the year, the prices of goods exports and imports decreased 0.8% and 0.7% year-on-year.
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