HONG KONG, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- The volume of Hong Kong's total exports of goods in November 2018 dropped 2.9 percent from the same period last year, statistics showed on Thursday.

The volume of goods imports decreased 1.8 percent, according to the Census and Statistics Department of the government of China's Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

The prices of goods exports gained 2.5 percent year on year, while those of goods imports rose 2.5 percent.

In the first 11 months of 2018, the volume of total goods exports was up 6.2 percent, while the volume of goods imports rose 7.4 percent compared with the same period in the previous year.

The prices of goods exports rose 2.5 percent for the period, while those of goods imports climbed 2.6 percent.

On a seasonally adjusted basis, the volume of total goods exports dipped 1.9 percent in the quarter ending November 2018, compared with the preceding months, while that of goods imports decreased 4.2 percent.