Hong Kong’s merchandise exports decreased at a softer pace in June, data from the Census and Statistics Department showed on Monday.
Exports fell 1.3 percent year-on-year in June, following a 7.4 percent decrease in May. Shipments declined for the fourth consecutive month.
Imports declined 7.1 percent annually in June, following a 12.3 percent fall in the previous month.
The trade deficit narrowed sharply to HK$33.34 billion in June from HK$55.18 billion in the same month last year. In April, the deficit was HK$13.73 billion.
For the January to June period, exports decreased 6.9 percent year-on- year and imports fell 9.4 percent. The trade deficit was HK$175.18 billion.
“The moderated year-on-year decline in merchandise exports in June mainly reflected a pick-up in exports to the Mainland,” a government spokesman said.
Exports to the US, EU and many other major Asian [markets][1] fell by varying degrees amid a deep global recession, the spokesman added.
The government sees the continued spread of COVID-19 in various parts of the world as a key threat to the global economic outlook and the increasingly tense China-US relations have also added uncertainties, he said.
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