Tradelink 2022 Annual Report

Chairman’s Statement (Continued) 主席報告書（續） 11 貿易通電子貿易有限公司 二零二二年年報 致各位股東： 回顧 二零二二年對香港許多企業而言無疑是慘淡的 一年，年初爆發的第五波 COVID-19 疫情進一步 加劇了本已黯淡的經濟前景。儘管疫情於年內 較後時間大致趨穩，但與去年同期相比，下半 年香港對外貿易活動顯著收縮。全球經濟形勢 欠佳，主要由於烏克蘭戰爭突然爆發、中美政 治關係持續緊張，再加上利率急劇上升，而應 對通脹的財政政策參差不齊，導致投資市場波 動劇烈。本地方面，跨境陸路貨運持續受阻， 對香港的出口造成嚴重打擊。 在此艱難的形勢下，本集團的表現不免受到影 響。然而，我們的核心業務僅輕微下滑，真正 嚴 重 影 響 我 們 表現的是 動 盪的投 資 環 境，拖 累我 們 在 投 資 方面的表現，導 致我 們 的 盈利 銳減，對這一點本人於中期報告中亦有闡釋。 總括而言，我們於二零二二年錄得營業額港幣 258,800,000 元，較 二零二一 年 的 營 業 額 港 幣 273,800,000 元減少 5.5% 。經營溢利由二零二一 年的港幣 91,000,000 元下跌 12.0% 至二零二二年 的 港幣 80,100,000 元。本 集團於二零二 二年的 除 稅 後 溢利為港幣 52,300,000 元，較二零二一 年錄得的港幣 73,700,000 元減少 28.9% 。 於審視本集團去年上半年與下半年的表現時， 本人注意到，儘管二零二二年上半年本集團的 營業額及經營溢利分別僅按年輕微下跌 2.4% 及 3.4% ，但全年業績某程度上受下半年的表現所 拖累，一部分是由於上文所述的外圍環境轉差； 另一部分是由於二零二一年下半年的比較基數 較高所致。猶記得，二零二一年，特別是二零 二一年下半年，經濟出現了 V 型強勁反彈，導 致二零二二年時需跟一個異常高的同期基數作 比較。 Dear Shareholders, Review 2022 was undoubtedly a dismal year for many businesses in Hong Kong, with the onslaught of the fifth wave of COVID-19 that began at the beginning of the year which further exacerbated the already gloomy economic outlook. Although the epidemic situation generally stabilized later the year, the contraction in Hong Kong’s external trade activities widened sharply in the second half of the year when compared on a year-on-year basis. The global environment was in bad shape largely due to the sudden Ukraine War, the continued US- China political tension, and sharp rising interest rates and uneven fiscal policies to fight inflation resulting in very volatile investment market movements. Locally, the continued disruption to cross-border land cargo flows also dealt a serious blow to Hong Kong’s exports. Against this dire backdrop, the Group’s performance was expectedly affected. But our core businesses were indeed trending only slightly down, and it was rather the volatile investment environment that dragged down our performance in investments and hence impacted our earnings substantially as I explained in the interim report. In summary, our turnover for 2022 at HK$258.8 million, was down 5.5% compared with the turnover of HK$273.8 million in 2021. Profit from operations dropped 12.0% from HK$91.0 million in 2021 to HK$80.1 million in 2022. The Group’s profit after tax for 2022 at HK$52.3 million was down 28.9% from HK$73.7 million recorded in 2021. When I reviewed the Group’s performances in the first half vs the second half of last year, it is interesting to note that while the Group recorded only a slight year-on-year decline in turnover and profit from operations of 2.4% and 3.4% respectively in the first half of 2022, the full year results were somewhat dragged down in the second half of the year, partly due to the deterioration of the external environment as described above; and partly due to the high base for comparison in the second half of 2021. As one may recall, the economy recorded a strong V-shaped rebound in 2021, particularly in the second half of 2021, setting an exceptionally high base for comparisons for the same period in 2022.