The volume of total goods exports of Hong Kong rose 7.9 percent year-on-year in October while that of total goods imports rose 8.4 percent, said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government Thursday.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong's goods re-exports rose 10.6 percent, while that of domestic exports fell 25.9 percent, according to figures released by the Census and Statistics Department of the HKSAR government.

Comparing the first 10 months of 2006 with the same period last year, the volume of Hong Kong's goods re-exports grew 9.4 percent, while that of domestic exports rose 10.2 percent. Taken together, the volume of total exports of goods grew 9.5 percent, while the volume of imports of goods rose 9.4 percent.

On price changes in the first 10 months of 2006 over the same period last year, the prices of re-exports of goods rose 0.9 percent, while those of domestic exports dropped 2.4 percent, the figures indicated.