Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited (Hactl) released today its tonnage throughput for the first month of 2011. A total of 230,077 tonnes were handled in the month, representing a year-on-year growth of 8.2%. Export volume in January increased 6.6% against last year to 122,934 tonnes while import volume for the month also showed a year-on-year growth of 4.1%, with 62,742 tonnes registered. Transshipment tonnage in January recorded an increase of 19.9%, with a total of 44,401 tonnes of cargo being handled.

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

Tonnage handled by Hactl in January 2011

Jan-11
Tonnage
(in tonnes)		 Year-on-Year
Growth
Export 122,934 6.60%
Import 62,742 4.10%
Transshipment 44,401 19.90%
Total 230,077 8.20%