APPENDICES
APPENDIX 37
(Chapter 15: Transport)
International Movements of Aircraft and Vessels
Aircraft
1989
1990
Arrivals
Departures
Total
Ocean-going vessels
47 140
52 886
1991
54 850+
47 160
52 896
54 850+
94.300
105 782
109 700+
Arrivals
Departures
Total
17 763
18 847
17 785
18 824
21 173+ 21 214+
35 548
37 671
42 387+
River steamers, hydrofoils, hoverferries, catamarans
and river trading vessels of 300 N.R.T. and under
Arrivals
97 180
102 443
Departures
97 370
102 578
106 673 106 267
Total
194 550
205 021
212 940
Note: Provisional figures.
International Movements of Passengers (Immigration figures)
Thousands
1989
1990
1991
Arrivals
Air
6 754
7316
7412
Sea
7 709
8 501
8 984
Land
14 659
16 018
18 167
Total
29 122
31 835
34 563
Departures
Air
6 902
7 517
Sea
7932
8 718
7 602 9 235
Land
14 280
15 597
17 737
Total
29 114
31 832
34 574
Note: All figures quoted here exclude:
i. Passengers in transit.
ii. Passengers refused permission to land,
iii. Military passengers.
International Movements of Commercial Cargo
by Different Means of Transport
Air
Discharged
Loaded
Total
Ocean-going vessels #
Discharged
Loaded
Total
River vessels
Discharged
Loaded
Total
Rail
Discharged‡
Loaded
Total
Road
Discharged
Loaded
Total
1989
1990
Tonnes 1991
307 279
352 887
373 000+
422 741
449 052
730 020
801 939
479 000+ 852 000+
45 791 999
46 241 967
52 770 000+
18 862 724
19 766 000
23 630 000+
64 654 723
66 007 967
76 400 000+
5 477 112
6 025 821
6 722 342
3 549 439
3 261 603
4 424 955
9 026 551
9 287 424
11 147 297
1 745 163
1 849 830
1 742 697
452 992
366 888
338 735
2 198 155
2 216 718
2 081 432
4 102 846
4 564 978
5 503 363
3 857 528
4 496 075
5 492 129
7 960 374
9 061 053
10 995 492
Note: Road transport refers to cross frontier traffic through Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok and Lok Ma Chau to and from China.
#Figures on cargo movement by ocean-going vessels are based on the Shipping Statistics System set up by the Census and Statistics Department and are estimated from a sample of consignments on ocean cargo manifests. Figures on cargo movement by river vessels are provided by the Marine Department. The totals of these figures differ from those provided by the Marine Department and used elsewhere in this publication. Excluding livestock totalling 1 995 674 heads in 1989, 1 986 017 heads in 1990 and 1 875 272 heads in 1991. Provisional figures.
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