Source:
https://scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1514363/exports-handy-fudge-when-playing-hong-kong-gdp-numbers-game
Comment/ Opinion

Exports a handy fudge when playing the Hong Kong GDP numbers game

The year-on-year growth rate of exports of goods fell from 5.7 per cent in the previous quarter to only 0.46 per cent in the first quarter this year.

Economic growth slowed to 2.5 per cent year on year in the first quarter - the worst since 2012 - due to sluggish goods exports, the government economist says.

South China Morning Post, May 17