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.
Source: Transportweekly