Hactl announces July tonnage throughput

(10 August 2009, Hong Kong:) Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) announced today its air cargo tonnage throughput for July 2009.  A total of 201,157 tonnes were handled in the month, representing a relatively mild year-on-year decline of 8.4% compared with that in previous months.  Cumulative tonnage from January to July was 1,204,915 tonnes, down 19.6% compared with the same period last year.

Export volume in July declined 13.9% against last year to 103,314 tonnes.  Aggregate export volume for the first seven months was 617,493 tonnes, down 24.1% compared with the same period last year.

Import volume for July and for the first seven months were 55,457 tonnes and 325,939 tonnes respectively, representing a 2.6% and 17.5% decline year-on-year for the respective periods.

The transshipment volume in July showed clear improvement with 42,386 tonnes registered, down only 0.6% year-on-year.  Cumulative transshipment volume for the first seven months was 261,483 tonnes, down 9.5% year-on-year.

The summary of the export, import and transshipment volumes is tabulated as follows: