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THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS WERE JAPAN (21 PER CENT IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT), CHINA (14 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (13 PER CENT), AND THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE U.S.A. (24 PER CENT), TAIWAN (14 PER CENT) AND CHINA (SEVEN PER CENT). TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED FROM CHINA (36 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (23 PER CENT), AND TRANSHIPPED TO THE U.S.A. (19 PER CENT), TAIWAN (SEVEN PER CENT) AND THE PHILIPPINES (SEVEN PER CENT).
A COMPARISON OF THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1984 WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1983, SHOWS SIGNIFICANT INCREASES REGISTERED IN IMPORTS FROM THE PHILIPPINES (+98 PER CENT IN TERMS OF GROSS WEIGHT), AUSTRALIA (+77 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (+33 PER CENT). HOWEVER, THE TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. DÉCLINED (-25 PER CENT). AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONSIDERABLE INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS (+201 PER CENT); PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD (+42 PER CENT); AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, AND CELLULOSE ESTERS AND ETHERS (+30 PER CENT).
OVER THE SAME PERIOD, SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CHINA ROSE RAPIDLY, BY EIGHT TIMES IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, WHILE SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THAILAND AND AUSTRALIA ROSE BY 128 PER CENT AND 40 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY. AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (ALL BEING RE-EXPORTS) ROSE BY 58 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, WHILE THOSE OF TOYS ROSE BY 51 PER CENT, AND THOSE OF MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES BY 36 PER CENT.
SHIPPING STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIP MASTERS OR AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS, AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT. PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS ARE COMPILED FROM OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS
A AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT. BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, SAMPLE OF ALL CONSIGNMENTS LISTS IN THE MANIFEST IS USED FOR COMPILING THE STATISTICS. THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE REPORT.
MORE DETAILS ARE CONTAINED IN THE +HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ REPORT FOR APRIL TO JUNE 1984. ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $12 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THIS REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, AT TELEPHONE NUMBERS 5-452701 AND 5-455422.