Hong Kong's exports rose 33.6%in January this year, recording an increase for four consecutive months, higher than the market expectations of 22.4%, the largest increase in the past three years.
According to the Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily report on Wednesday (February 28), the Hong Kong Government Statistics Department announced that the overall export value of the commodity export in January of Hong Kong was 388.7 billion yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below, S $ 58.1 billion)The year -on -year rising 33.6%, an increase of 22.6 percentage points from December last year.
In addition, the value of imported goods in Hong Kong in January was 385.1 billion yuan, an increase of 21.7%year -on -year. Although it was slightly lower than the expected 22.8%, the increase was still the most in the past two and a half years.
From the perspective of regions, the overall export value of Hong Kong to Asia in January rose 45.7%, and the overall export value of most major destinations was recorded. Among them, exported to mainland China value54.2%, exported to India 51%, and exporting to Malaysia, Taiwan and Thailand, more than 40%.Exit to the United States 11.5%, France increased by 38.7%.
In terms of the category of distributing goods, electric machinery, instruments, equipment and part export value increased the most, rising 42.8%year -on -year.
A spokesman for the Hong Kong Government said that the export volume in Hong Kong in January was mainly affected by the low base and the demand for the New Year of the Lunar New Year this year.After the monthly data is announced, the two can be combined to analyze the actual situation more effectively.
The speaker expects that the global economic growth and geopolitical factors will continue to affect the export performance of Hong Kong in the short term, and the Hong Kong government will pay close attention to the situation.
