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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1988
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN CARGO ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF
PER (+31 PLASTIC MATERIALS (+65 PER CENT), COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES CENT), IRON AND STEEL (+30 PER CENT), ORGANIC CHEMICALS (+22 PER CENT)
PRODUCTS AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM
AND RELATED MATERIALS (+18 PER
CENT).
A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF CORK MANUFACTURES (EXCLUDING FURNITURE) (-12 PER CENT).
AND WOOD
SECOND QUARTER
THE COMPARING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 WITH OF 1987, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 24 PER CENT.
PLUS
MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS
CENT), SINGAPORE TO CHINA (+78 PER
(+50 PER
WEST CENT),
GERMANY PER CENT) AND (+39 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+34 PER CENT), INDONESIA (+18 THAILAND (+16 PER CENT).
A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS ΤΟ SOUTH KOREA (-7 PER CENT).
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF NON-FERROUS METALS (+112 PER CENT), PER CENT), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+104 ARTIFICIAL
PER (+102
CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL AND NON-METALLIC MINERALS, NOT ELSEWHERE
(+61 PER CENT} AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT
RESINS AND
SPECIFIED
(+54 PER CENT).
PLASTIC MATERIALS
A DECREASE IN TONNAGE WAS NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF INORGANIC CHEMICALS (-18 PER CENT).
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 31 TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
PER
SHIPS,
IN CENT
INCLUDING TERMS
OF
OF THAT LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 77 PER CENT WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
EXPORTS
IN TERMS OF TONNAGE CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR CENT OF SEABORNE IMPORTS.
PARTICULAR, IN
26 PER
CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE
U.S.A. (83 PER PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE
CENT), THE NETHERLANDS (82 PER CENT), ITALY (67 PER CENT) AND SOUTH KOREA (59 PER CENT).
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF
CONTAINERISED SEABORNE
IMPORTS IN THE
OF
SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 ROSE BY 18 PER CENT OVER THE SECOND QUARTER 1987.
/AMONG SEABORNE