Oct Goods Exports Down 9%

The volume of Hong Kong's total goods exports decreased 9% year-on-year in October, the Census & Statistics Department announced today.

 

The volume of imports of goods dropped 11.6% compared to the same period last year.

 

Goods exports prices dipped 0.1% while those of goods imports increased 0.1%.

 

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the volume of goods exports increased 0.7% in the three-month period ending October compared with the preceding three months, while the volume of goods imports fell 1.4%.

 

Comparing the first ten months of the year with the same period in 2018, the volume of goods exports dropped 6.2%, while the volume of imports of goods fell 8.3%.

 

Goods exports and imports prices increased 1.4% and 1.5% in the same period.

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