香港的贸易赤字从去年同期的406亿美元扩大到2024年3月的450亿美元,因为进口增长快于出口。进口额同比增长5.3%,达到4295亿美元,主要受电信、录音、重放设备和设备(18.3%)、电机、仪器、电器和电气零件(5.8%)以及办公机器和自动数据处理机器(20.3%)采购增加的推动。与此同时,出口疲软4.7%,至3845亿美元,主要是由于电信、录音、重放设备和设备(14.2%)、电机、仪器、电器和电气零件(4.8%)以及办公机器和自动数据处理机器(9.8%)的销售额增加。考虑到今年前三个月,该国的贸易逆差从去年同期的1113亿美元收窄至830亿美元。
Hong Kong’s trade deficit widened to $45.0 billion in March 2024 from $40.6 billion in the same month a year earlier, as imports grew faster than exports. Year-on-year, imports advanced 5.3% to $429.5 billion, mainly driven by higher purchases of telecommunications, sound recording, reproducing apparatus & equipment (18.3%), electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances, & electrical parts (5.8%), and office machines & automatic data processing machines (20.3%). Meanwhile, exports rose at a softer 4.7% to $384.5 billion, primarily due to increased sales of telecommunications, sound recording, reproducing apparatus & equipment (14.2%), electrical machinery, apparatus, appliances, & electrical parts (4.8%), and office machines & automatic data processing machines (9.8%). Considering the first three months of the year, the country’s trade deficit narrowed to $83.0 billion compared to $111.3 billion in the corresponding period last year.