Friday, May 6, 2011

Air cargo volumes through Hong Kong down on last year

Hong Kong Airport’s leading ground handler saw tonnage fall in April, compared with a year earlier, as exports from China continued to falter. 
Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals (Hactl) handled 225,791 tonnes in the month, down 9.3% year on year.

Cumulative tonnage for the first four months of the year was down 1.1% to 876,136 tonnes. Decreasing export volumes was the prime cause, 11.6% down, year on year, to 122,123 tonnes.

Total export volumes for the first four months of 2011 totalled 457,236 tonnes, a drop of 4.1% year on year.

Import volumes for April also fell: down 6.4% to 57,748 tonnes.

“On account of the earthquake and subsequent tsunami and nuclear crisis, imports from Japan in April showed a year-on-year decrease of 28.1%,” said Hactl.




Source;  IFW

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