The value of Hong Kong's total exports decreased to $338.3 billion in April, down 13% on the same month last year, the Census & Statistics Department announced today. The value of imports of goods decreased 11.9% to $374.9 billion for the same period. A trade deficit of $36.6 billion, or 9.8% of the value of imports, was recorded in April. Comparing the three-month period ending April with the preceding three months on a seasonally adjusted basis, the value of exports rose 15.4%, while that of imports increased 10.7%. The Government noted that the value of merchandise exports declined further from a year earlier in April. Exports to the Mainland, the US and the European Union all shrank and exports to other major Asian markets recorded decreases of varying degrees. Looking ahead, it added that the weakness in the advanced economies will continue to weigh on Hong Kong's export performance, though the expected faster recovery of the Mainland economy should
The Centre for Health Protection today said it is investigating one additional COVID-19 case involving an 18-year-old man who arrived from the Netherlands.
A total of 43 cases were reported in Hong Kong in the past 14 days, including two import-related cases.
As Asiana Airlines flight OZ721 arriving from Seoul on July 6 had one passenger on board confirmed to have COVID-19 by arrival test and another passenger that failed to comply with the requirement under the Prevention & Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances & Travellers) Regulation, the Department of Health prohibited the landing of Asiana Airlines passenger flights from Seoul from July 10 to 23.
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