Cargo volumes handled at the Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) registered strong growth for the month of July this year according to a statement released by the airport yesterday (Sunday).
Cargo volumes were up by 11% to 422 000 tonnes compared to the same month in 2016.
“Exports continued to lead the strong growth in cargo throughput, coinciding with an improvement in global trade,” said a spokesperson for the airport.
Exports experienced 15% growth while transhipments also rose by 10% with Europe recording the most significant increase among Hong Kong’s key trading regions.
In the first seven months of 2017, an 11.3% year-on-year growth – to 2.7 million tonnes – was recorded for cargo volumes handled at HKIA.
On a rolling 12-month basis, HKIA handled 4.8 million tonnes of cargo, recording an increase of 9.5%.
