Hong Kong ground handler AAT cargo up 7pc to 58,985 tonnes in August

HONG KONG's No 2 airport ground handler, Asia Airfreight Terminal (AAT) has posted a seven per cent increase in August air cargo to 58,985 tonnes year on year.

Export cargo was up eight per cent to 41,396 tonnes while August import volume was up five per cent to 17,017 tonnes, said the AAT monthly statement. But transshipments fell 29 per cent to 572 tonnes year on year.

From January to August 2012, the cumulative export tonnage hit 315,073 tonnes, one per cent higher than the same period last year. Imports for the first eight months were up three per cent to 140,849 tonnes. Again, cumulative transshipments were down, 51 per cent to 4,097 tonnes year on year.