Hong Kong's exports of gold and silver jewelry rose 29.6% to $ 1.82 billion in February this year, according to the latest data released by the Department of Statistics and Census of Statistics (Census and Statistics Department). In the period from January to February 2015, exports in this sector increased by 12.6% to $ 4.26 billion.
In addition, data provided by the government showed that jewelry imports in February decreased by $ 3.3 billion, or 19, 1%. Last year, the decline in this indicator was 5.4% to $ 28.72 billion.
"Export growth was at an average level compared to the relatively small comparative base of last year," the official representative of the government said. "Export to the US and some Asian countries was noted at a higher level, but we still have to understand whether the moderate growth will continue even in spite of complexity in the world economy.The external trading environment remains under the influence of slow recovery of some leading economies of the world, conflicts in the sphere of monetary policy of leading banks, and geopolitical napr. zhonnosti in some areas. "