Hong Kong's merchandise trade volumes up in January

Export and import volumes climbed 17.4% and 24% respectively.

Hong Kong's goods re-exports' volume rose 17.4% in January compared with the same period last year, while that of domestic exports rose 16.9%, the Census & Statistics Department said today.

Taken together, the total exports' volume rose 17.4%, and imports' volume rose 24%.

The price of Hong Kong's goods re-exports rose 0.3% in January year-on-year, while that of domestic exports increased 4.4%. Taken together, the price of total exports rose 0.4%. Imports' prices rose 1%.

Comparing the three-month period ending January 2013 with the same period last year, the volume of Hong Kong's goods re-exports increased 13.9%, while that of domestic exports was up 4.4%. Taken together, the volume of total goods exports increased 13.8%. Concurrently, the volume of imports rose 13.6%.

Comparing the three-month period ending January 2013 with the preceding three months on a seasonally adjusted basis, ttotal goods exports' volume increased 8.7%. Within this total, re-exports' volume rose 8.9%, while that of domestic exports fell 3.3%. Imports' volume rose 4.8%.