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TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN
CHINA (30 PER
CENT) CHINA (20
AND THE U.S.A. (20 PER CENT); AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED IN PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (12 PER CENT).
NOTED FOR COMPARING 1987 WITH 1986, INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE
(+37 PER SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM INDONESIA (+80 PER CENT), SOUTH KOREA
CENT) AND CHINA CENT), WEST GERMANY (+23 PER CENT), CANADA (+23 PER
IN TONNAGE WAS NOTED FOR SEABORNE (+21 PER CENT); BUT A DECREASE IMPORTS FROM THE U.S.A. (-11 PER CENT).
AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE PER CENT,
IMPORTS ROSE BY 9
MANUFACTURES
(+46
PER
(+43
PER
ELSEWHERE
SPECIFIED
MATERIALS
(+38 PER
INCREASES IN CARGO TONNAGE AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES,
OF IMPORTS
ORGANIC CHEMICALS WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE
(EXCLUDING FURNITURES) CENT), CORK AND WOOD CENT), CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, NOT (+40 PER CENT) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC CENT).
DECREASES WERE CHEMCIALS (-20 PER RELATED MATERIALS (-9 PER CENT).
COMPARING
1987
RECORDED CENT)
FOR SEABORNE
AND
PETROLEUM,
IMPORTS OF PETROLEUM
INORGANIC
PRODUCTS
AND
THE 1986,
TOTAL
WITH
TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 15 PER CENT.
RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE THAILAND (+105 PER CENT), SOUTH KOREA (+90 PER CENT), JAPAN CENT), THE NETHERLANDS (+54 PER CENT), WEST GERMANY AUSTRALIA (+31 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (+19 PER CENT).
CENT).
(+59 PER (+39 PER CENT),
A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CHINA (-32
PER
INCREASES COMMODITIES,
IN TONNAGE WERE AMONG THE PRINCIPAL
METALS OF NON-FERROUS
(+91 PER CENT), NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS
PER MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (+87
AND KAOLIN (+47 PER CENT), COTTON TEXTILES (+58 PER CENT) AND CLAY CENT).
IN DECREASES
TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (-34 PER CENT) AND PETROLEUM, AND RELATED MATERIALS (-32 PER CENT).
OF THE
DISCHARGED CARGO
FROM
INCOMING
SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 31 PER TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
EXPORTS
OF
SEABORNE
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
SHIPS, CENT IN TERMS
INCLUDING
OF
OF THAT LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 76 PER CENT WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
EXPORTS
/IN TERMS