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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1988
PRINCIPAL
COMMODITIES,
OTHER
PAPER,
AMONG SEABORNE IMPORTS OF THE CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR, IN TONNAGE TERMS, 92 PER CENT OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 91 PER CENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES AND PARTS, 88 PER CENT OF PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPER BOARD, 85 PER CENT OF CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED AND 83 PER CENT OF TEXTILE FIBRES.
OF SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 72 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE.
IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OR ALMOST ALL OF THE SEABORNE EXPORTS TO WEST GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, AUSTRALIA, THE U.S.A. AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 ROSE BY 24 PER CENT OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1987.
ALL
SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERE NEARLY CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED FOOTWEAR: CANNED FOOD; COTTON GARMENTS; GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS, NOT SPECIFIED; TOYS; MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED SPECIFIED AND COTTON TEXTILES.
ARTICLES, NOT
ELSEWHERE ELSEWHERE
SHIPPING STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIPMASTERS 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 MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A SAMPLE OF ALL CONSIGNMENTS LISTED IN THE MANIFESTS IS USED FOR COMPILING THE STATISTICS. THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE REPORT.
MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1988 ARE CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING SALE AT STATISTICS REPORT" FOR APRIL TO JUNE 1988, WHICH IS NOW ON THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, CENTRAL, AT $22 PER COPY.
THE
ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE TO THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF
CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 5-8234887.
DIRECTED STATISTICS
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