(7th June 2006, Hong Kong:) Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) announced today its air cargo tonnage throughput for May 2006. A total of 201,848 tonnes were handled in the month, an increase of 4.6% compared with the same month last year. Cumulative tonnage from January to May 2006 was 988,390 tonnes, up 6.2% compared with the same period last year.

Export volume in May 2006 registered a 5.1% growth on a year-on-year basis to 111,706 tonnes. Aggregate export volume for the first five months of 2006 was 549,933 tonnes, representing a year-on-year growth of 6.2%.

Import volume for May and for the first five months was 57,473 tonnes and 276,902 tonnes respectively, up 3.4% and 4.2% year-on-year for the respective periods. Total transshipment volume for the first five months was 161,555 tonnes, up 10.2% against the same period last year.

The summary of the import, export and transshipment volumes handled in May and cumulative figures from January to May 2006 is tabulated as follows :