The volume of Hong Kong's re-exports of goods increased 12.2% in July over the same month last year, while domestic exports decreased 7.3%.

Taken together, the volume of total exports of goods grew 10.4%. Concurrently, the volume of imports of goods recorded a 7.3% rise.

Comparing the first seven months of 2003 with the same period in 2002, the volume of re-exports of goods rose 18.2%, while domestic exports fell 11.5%.

Taken together, the volume of total exports goods grew 15.4%. Over the same period of comparison, imports of goods increased 13.1% in volume.

Comparing the three-month period ending July with the preceding three months on a seasonally adjusted basis, the volume of total exports of goods recorded an increase of 5%.

Within this total, the volume of re-exports went up 4.9%, and domestic exports rose 7%.  Over the same period of comparison, the volume of imports of goods increased 2.4%.

The price of total exports of goods went down 1.2% in the first seven months of 2003 over a year earlier. Concurrently, the prices of imports of goods decreased 0.3%.