Total exports up 8.6%

June 20, 2013

The volume of total goods exports and imports in April increased 8.6% and 7.9% compared to April last year, the Census & Statistics Department said today.
 
The volume of Hong Kong's goods re-exports increased 8.9%, while that of domestic exports decreased 7.1% year-on-year.
 
Comparing the first four months of 2013 with the same period in 2012, the volume of Hong Kong's goods re-exports increased 5.4%, and that of domestic exports decreased 5.2%.
 
Taken together, the volume of total goods exports increased 5.2% and the volume of goods imports increased 5.7% year-on-year in the period.
 
Domestic exports prices increased 2.3% and those of goods re-exports increased 0.9%, when comparing April 2013 with April 2012.
 
Taken together, the prices of total goods exports and imports increased 0.9% and 1% respectively year-on-year for April.
 
For the first four months of 2013 over the same period in 2012, domestic exports' prices increased 3.7% while those of goods re-exports increased 0.6%.
 
Taken together, the prices of total goods exports increased 0.7% and the prices of goods imports increased 1.1%.