THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1990
AMONG THE
PRINCIPAL
TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR
COMMODITIES, MAJOR
IN INCREASES OF INORGANIC
IMPORTS SEABORNE
CARGO CHEMICALS CEMENT AND
(+38 PER CENT), COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (+23 PER CENT), CEMENT CLINKER (+20 PER CENT) AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (+15 PER CENT). MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF LOGS AND
MATERIALS, VEGETABLE ANIMAL AND (-36
CENT) ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (-27 PER CENT).
PER
CRUDE AND
TIMBER NOT
QUARTER OF COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1989 WITH THE THIRD
EXPORTS PLUS EXPORTS (DOMESTIC
WERE 1988, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 18 PER CENT. MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE
THE USA (+27 WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CHINA (+73 PER CENT),
WHILE MAJOR DECREASES PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (+14 PER CENT),
AND SOUTH RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (-18 PER KOREA (-8 PER CENT).
CENT)
IN TONNAGE PRODUCTS AND CLAY AND CENT) AND INORGANIC FOR SEABORNE
MAJOR INCREASES AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM RELATED MATERIALS (+101 PER CENT), FOOTWEAR (+46 PER CENT), KAOLIN (+35 PER CENT), COTTON GARMENTS (+29 PER CHEMICALS [+29 PER CENT). A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED EXPORTS OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (-15 PER CENT).
SHIPS, INCLUDING
TERMS OF
INCOMING FROM OF THE
DISCHARGED CARGO SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 31 PER CENT IN TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO. OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 76 PER CONTAINERISED CARGO.
SHIPS, CENT WAS
26 PER IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR
CARGO CONTAINERISED IMPORTS. IN PARTICULAR, SEABORNE CENT OF
FROM ITALY (98
PER ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS
AND CENT) PER CENT), THE USA (82 PER CENT), THE NETHERLANDS (82 WEST GERMANY (74 PER CENT).
CONTAINERISED SEABORNE
IMPORTS
IN THE OF
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF THIRD QUARTER OF 1989 DROPPED BY 2 PER CENT OVER THE THIRD QUARTER 1988.
ACCOUNTED OF ARTIFICIAL
AND AND CENT OF
NOT
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO FOR, IN TONNAGE TERMS, 96 PER CENT OF SEABORNE IMPORTS
OF OTHER ELECTRICAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 91 PER CENT
PAPERBOARD ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES AND PARTS, 89 PER CENT OF PAPER, ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD AND 84 PER
MINERALS, AND NON-METALLIC MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED.
PER
CARGO
ΤΟ
FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 69
CONTAINERISED PARTICULAR, IN TONNAGE. CENT IN TERMS OF
SEABORNE EXPORTS ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OR A VERY LARGE PROPORTION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, AUSTRALIA, WEST GERMANY, THE USA AND JAPAN.
/THE TOTAL
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