HONG KONG - Hong Kong saw the volume of total goods exports and imports up 9.8 percent and 8.1 percent respectively in November 2010 year-on-year, according to figures released by the Census and Statistics Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region's government on Tuesday.
The volume of Hong Kong's goods re-exports went up 9.8 percent in November 2010 over the same month of 2009 while domestic exports rose 12 percent, the department said.
Comparing the first 11 months of last year with the same period in 2009, the volume of total goods exports was up 19.4 percent while the volume of goods imports increased 19.8 percent. The volume of Hong Kong's goods re-exports rose 19.5 percent while that of domestic exports rose 15.5 percent.
Comparing November 2010 with November 2009, the prices of goods re-exports increased 6.7 percent while that of domestic exports increased 6.5 percent.
The total export volume to the Chinese mainland, the United States and Japan rose 11 percent, 10.7 percent and 4.6 percent respectively.
