HKIA cargo volume rises 1.9% in July

Growth driven by 5% jump in exports.

The Hong Kong International Airport said cargo volume in July was 341,000 tonnes, up by 1.9% year-on-year. Growth in July cargo throughput was mainly driven by a 5% year-over-year growth in exports.

Over the first seven months of 2013, cargo volume grew by 2% to 2.3 million tonnes year-on-year, while flight movements increased by 5.5% to 212,790.

On a rolling 12-month basis, HKIA handled 4.1 million tonnes of cargo and 362,685 aircraft movements, representing year-on-year growth of 3.5% and 5.4%, respectively.

Cargo throughput to and from North America outperformed other key regions during the month.

Flight movements reached 32,120, up 7.5% compared to the same month in 2012 and larger than the previous record set in May.