HK's exports up 17% in April

The volume of HK's total goods exports grew 16.7 percent year on year while imports grew 21.5 percent in April, the city's Census and Statistics Department said Thursday.

The volume of re-exports of goods in April rose 16.9 percent in the same month last year while that of domestic exports grew 8.6 percent, it said.

In the first four months this year, the volume of goods re- exports grew 21.6 percent from a year earlier, while that of domestic exports rose 17 percent. Taken together, the volume of total goods exports grew 21.5 percent year on year in the first four months. The volume of goods imports increased 28.5 percent.

Source:Xinhua