貿易通 2021 年年報

Chairman’s Statement 主席報告書 05 二零二一年年報 貿易通電子貿易有限公司 回顧 全球貿易於二零二一年上半年展現強勁復甦，此趨 勢在下半年仍延續，上行走勢持續凌厲。國際貨幣 基金組織在二零二二年一月刊發的《世界經濟更新》 內，預測二零二一年全年的全球增長為 5.9% 。 2019 冠狀病毒病（「 COVID-19 」）自爆發以來已歷時兩年， 經濟及社會活動很大程度上已在「新常態」下恢復。 隨著不少國家及經濟體相繼解除與疫情相關的各種 封鎖及社交距離措施，商業活動逐漸回復正常，部 分更幾乎反彈至疫情前水平。在全球經濟強勁復甦 的支持下，香港對外貿易環境於二零二一年全年亦 因此顯著受惠，即使疫情的陰霾仍未消退，不少貿 易數據仍創下近十年新高。 受惠於利好的營商環境，本集團的營業額由二零二 零年的港幣 261,200,000 元增加 4.8% 至二零二一年 的港幣 273,800,000 元。然而，誠如本人在二零二 一年中期報告中所述，本集團全年業績或會受若干 不確定性因素影響，經營溢利由二零二零年的港幣 92,700,000 元下跌至二零二一年的港幣 87,100,000 元，跌幅為約港幣 5,600,000 元或 6.1% ，惟二零二一 年的總成本為港幣 180,500,000 元，較二零二零年的 港幣 185,100,000 元減少港幣 4,600,000 元或 2.5% 。 經營溢利有所下跌，部分由於我們於二零二零年收 取政府保就業計劃（「保就業計劃」）港幣 13,000,000 元的補助，惟二零二一年則不再獲受任何有關補 助。此外，財務資產投資價格波動，導致二零二一 年錄得財務資產公允價值虧損（二零二零年則錄得 收益，相差港幣 8,600,000 元），惟部分被出售債務 證券的虧損淨額減少所抵銷。二零二一年的其他虧 損淨額為港幣 9,600,000 元，二零二零年則錄得其 他收益淨額港幣 6,100,000 元，相差港幣 15,700,000 元。 Review Continuing the robust rebound during the first half of 2021, global trade has maintained a strong uptrend in the second half of the year. In its World Economic Update issued in January 2022, the International Monetary Fund has estimated a global growth at 5.9% for the whole year of 2021. As it has been two years since the first outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (“COVID-19”), economic and social activities have to a great extent resumed under the ‘new normal’. Following the lifting of a lot of the COVID- related lockdowns and social-distancing measures in many countries and economies, business activities gradually started returning to normal, with some almost bouncing back to the pre-pandemic levels. With the support rendered by the robust recovery of the global economy, Hong Kong’s external trade environment was exceedingly favorable for the whole of 2021, with many trade figures reaching record highs not seen in a decade amid the lingering pandemic-related disruptions. Against such a promising operating backdrop, the Group’s turnover increased 4.8% from HK$261.2 million in 2020 to HK$273.8 million in 2021. However as foreshowed in my statement in the 2021 Interim Report about caveats that might unfavorably affect the Group’s results for the full year, operating profits indeed dropped about HK$5.6 million or 6.1%, from HK$92.7 million in 2020 to HK$87.1 million in 2021 notwithstanding, our total costs at HK$180.5 million in 2021 was HK$4.6 million or 2.5% less than the total costs at HK$185.1 million in 2020. The drop of our operating profit was partly due to the lack of the subsidy amounting to HK$13.0 million which we received from the Government under the Employment Support Scheme (“ESS”) in 2020. Together with a fair value loss on financial assets in 2021 vis-à-vis a gain in 2020 due to the volatility of these investments resulting in an unfavorable swing of HK$8.6 million, partly offset by a reduction in net loss on disposal of debt securities, our other net loss recorded in 2021 was HK$9.6 million. Compared with a net gain of HK$6.1 million in 2020, this represented an unfavorable swing of HK$15.7 million.