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APPENDICES
APPENDIX 37
(Chapter 15: Transport)
International Movements of Aircraft and Vessels
1990
1991
Aircraft
Arrivals
Departures
52 886 52 896
54 863
54 855
1992
60 477† 60 480†
Total
105 782
109 718
120 957+
Ocean-going vessels
Arrivals
18 847
21 178
26 022+
Departures
18 824
21 217
25 931†
Total
37 671
42 395
51 953+
River steamers, hydrofoils, hoverferries, catamarans
and river trading vessels
Arrivals
102 443
Departures
102 578
Total
205 021
106 673
106 267
120 000† 120 000†
212 940
240 000+
Note: Provisional figures.
International Movements of Passengers (Immigration figures)
Arrivals
Air
Sea
Land
Total
Departures
Air
Sea
Land
Total
Thousands
1990
1991
1992
7316
7 412
8 451
8 501
8 984
9 621
16 018
18 167
20 453
31 835
34 563
38 525
7 517
7 602
8 636
8 718
9 235
9 904
15 597
17 737
19 960
31 832
34 574
38 500
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
1990
1991
Tonnes 1992
352 887
372 126
422 666+
449 052
477 660
534 196+
801 939
849 786
956 862+
46 241 967
52 898 899
56 790 000+
19 766 000
23 546 272
24 960 000+
66 007 967
76 445 171
6 025 821
6 722 342
3 261 603
4 424 955
9 287 424
11 147 297
1 849 830
1 742 697
366 888
338 735
2 216 718
2 081 432
81 750 000+
11 756 000+ 7 523 000+
19 279 000+
1 542 556 368 992
1911 548
4 564 978
5 503 363
6 417 659
4 496 075
9 061 053
5 492 129
10 995 492
Loaded
Total
5 736 337
12 153 996
Note: # 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 1 986 007 heads in 1990, 1 875 272 heads in 1991 and 1 907 675 heads in 1992.
Road transport refers to cross frontier traffic through Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok and Lok Ma Chau to and from China.
† Provisional figures.