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THE REPORT ALSO CONTAINS STATISTICAL TABLES ON THE GROS$ WEIGHT AND THE GROSS VOLUME OF CARGO LOADED/DISCHARGED BY PORT AND BY PRINCIPAL COMMODITY.
TWO TABLES ON TRANSHIPMENT CARGO STATISTICS, WHICH ARE SEPARATELY COMPILED IN THE SYSTEM, ARE ALSO PRESENTED IN THE REPORT.
IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1983, 2 638 SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 16 154 THOUSAND NRT (NET REGISTERED TONNAGE) ARRIVED IN HONG KONG. OF THESE, 20 PER CENT SET OUT FROM JAPAN, 42 PER CENT WAS CONFERENCE LINERS, AND 31 PER CENT WAS OF PANAMANIAN FLAG.
SOME 16 PER CENT OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED BY SHIPS COMING FROM CHINA, 40 PER CENT WAS CARRIED BY TRAMPS, AND 27 PER CENT BY CONTAINER SHIPS,
IN THE SAME PERIOD, DEPARTING SHIPS NUMBERED 2 650 WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 16 082 THOUSAND NRT. OF THESE, 20 PER CENT LEFT FOR TAIWAN, CARRYING WITH THEM 19 PER CENT OF CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG.
OVER 94 PER CENT OF CARGO LOADED IN HONG KONG WAS CARRIED BY LINERS, AND 67 PER CENT BY CONTAINER SHIPS.
ABOUT HALF OF THE DEPARTING VESSELS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN 1-1/2 DAYS.
IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT, 90 PER CENT OF INWARD SEABORNE CARGO WAS SEABORNE IMPORTS, AND 10 PER CENT WAS FOR TRANSHIPMENT. FOR OUTWARD SHIPMENTS, THE PERCENTAGES WERE 59 PER CENT AND 41 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY.
THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS WERE JAPAN (17 PER CENT), CHINA (15 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (14 PER CENT), AND THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE U.S.A. (20 PER CENT), TAIWAN (15 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA (10 PER CENT).
TRANSHIPMENT CARGOES WERE MAINLY LOADED FROM CHINA AND U.S.A. FOR TRANSHIPMENT TO U.S.A., PHILIPPINES AND SINGAPORE.
THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES IMPORTED INTO HONG KONG BY SEA WERE PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (25 PER CENT IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL AND NON- METALLIC MINERALS (INCLUDING CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKER) (16 PER CENT), AND COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (15 PER CENT).
SEABORNE EXPORTS OF HONG KONG WERE MORE DIVERSIFIED, SUCH AS METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (5 PER CENT), CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS (5 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL PRODUCTS (4 PER CENT), VEGETABLE AND FRUIT (4 PER CENT), TOYS (4 PER CENT) AND COTTON GARMENTS (4 PER CENT).
MORE DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ QUARTERLY REPORT FOR JANUARY TO MARCH 1983, WHICH ARE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT $12 PER COPY.
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