French luxury goods maker Hermes said Thursday that its sales accelerated in the third quarter thanks in particular to China despite the unrest in Hong Kong.

For the three months to the end of September the maker of leather bags and silk scarves saw sales rise 18.2 percent to 1.7 billion euros ($1.9 billion).

Excluding the effects of exchange rates and other factors such as the number of stores, growth still came in at 15 percent.

The company’s financial director, Eric du Halgouet, described the quarter as an exceptional performance with double-digit sales growth in all regions of the world.

In Asia, which alone accounts for half of sales, the growth was just over 20 percent.

“There was no disruption to the trend in continental China,” said du Halgouet.

In particular he noted Hermes was attracting younger clients thanks to embracing e-commerce.