Further to the external merchandise trade statistics in value terms for February 2026 released earlier on, the Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released today (16th) the volume and price statistics of external merchandise trade for that month.
Due to the difference in timing of the Chinese New Year holidays, it is more appropriate to analyze the trade figures for January and February taken together in making year-on-year comparison.
Comparing the first two months of 2026 with the same period in 2025, the volume of Hong Kong’s total exports of goods and imports of goods increased by 25% and 29.1% respectively.
The terms of trade index is derived from the ratio of price index of total exports of goods to that of imports of goods. Compared with the same periods in 2025, the index decreased by 0.1% in February 2026, whereas it remained virtually unchanged in 2M26.
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