| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE | 7th June 2006 |
(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 :
| May 2006 | Jan to May 2006 (Cumulative) | |||
| Tonnage (in tonnes) |
Year-on-Year Growth |
Tonnage (in tonnes) |
Year-on-Year Growth |
|
| Export | 111,706 | +5.1% | 549,933 | +6.2% |
| Import | 57,473 | +3.4% | 276,902 | +4.2% |
| Transshipment | 32,669 | +5.4% | 161,555 | +10.2% |
| Total | 201,848 | +4.6% | 988,390 | +6.2% |
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