Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) released today its tonnage throughput for the first month of 2010. A total of 212,623 tons were handled in the month, representing a significant year-on-year growth of 48.9%. Export volume in January increased 52.3% against last year to 115,297 tons while import volume for the month also showed a year-on-year growth of 64.6%, with 60,293 tons registered. Transshipment tonnage in January recorded an increase of 21.7%, with a total of 37,033 tons of cargo being handled.

The summary of the export, import and transshipment volumes is tabulated as follows:

' JANUARY 2010
Tonnage
(in tonnes)		 Year-on-Year
Growth
Export 115,297 52.30%
Import 60,293 64.60%
Transshipment 37,033 21.70
Total 212,623 48.90%