The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) published today (February 16) the February 2022 issue of the "Hong Kong Monthly Digest of Statistics" (HKMDS).
 
     Apart from providing up-to-date statistics, this issue also contains two feature articles entitled "Hong Kong Harmonized System 2022 Edition" and "Air Cargo Statistics".
 
"Hong Kong Harmonized System 2022 Edition"
 
     Hong Kong Harmonized System (HKHS), used principally for import and export declaration purpose, has undergone major updating since January 1, 2022. Import/export declarations for shipments on or after January 1, 2022 must be completed using commodity codes and units of quantity in accordance with the 2022 Edition of the HKHS.
 
     This feature article briefly discusses the amendments made in the 2022 Edition of the HKHS.
 
     For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Trade Classification Section, the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4900; email: trade-declaration@censtatd.gov.hk).
 
"Air Cargo Statistics"
 
     The Hong Kong International Airport is one of the busiest and most advanced airports. It consolidates Hong Kong's position as a hub of international commerce and plays a very important role in the development of Hong Kong as an international logistics centre - in terms of international air cargo throughput, the Hong Kong International Airport continued to rank first globally in 2020. This feature article provides a detailed analysis of the air cargo statistics of Hong Kong from 2016 to 2020 and briefly highlights the more recent performance of the industry and the impact of COVID-19 to the industry by making reference to the quarterly air cargo statistics from the first quarter of 2019 to the third quarter of 2021.
 
     For enquiries about this feature article, please contact the Trade Statistics Processing Section, the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4841; email: tsp_1@censtatd.gov.hk).
 
     Published in bilingual form, the HKMDS is a compact volume of official statistics containing about 140 tables. It collects up-to-date statistical series on various aspects of the social and economic situation of Hong Kong. Topics include population; labour; external trade; National Income and Balance of Payments; prices; business performance; energy; housing and property; government accounts, finance and insurance; and transport, communications and tourism. For selected key statistical items, over 20 charts depicting the annual trend in the past decade and quarterly or monthly trend in the recent two years are also available. Users can download the Digest at the website of the C&SD (www.censtatd.gov.hk/en/EIndexbySubject.html?pcode=B1010002&scode=460).
 
     Enquiries about the contents of the Digest can be directed to the Statistical Information Dissemination Section (1) of the C&SD (Tel: 2582 4738; email: gen-enquiry@censtatd.gov.hk).

Ends/Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Issued at HKT 16:00

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