FRIDAY, JULY 6, 1990
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FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 69 IN TERMS OF TONNAGE. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALL SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CANADA, AND ALMOST ALL TO WEST GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE USA, AUSTRALIA FRANCE. THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE EXPORTS IN ROSE BY 12 PER CENT OVER 1988.
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1989
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SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERE NEARLY CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED TOYS; COTTON GARMENTS; GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED; FOOTWEAR; COTTON TEXTILES AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED.
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 CARGO 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 PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS. THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE REPORT.
MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR 1989 ARE CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT 1989" WHICH IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, CENTRAL AT $37.50 PER COPY.
ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE TRADE SURVEYS AND SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4887.
SUMMARY RESULTS OF 1988 SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION
THE SUMMARY STATISTICS COMPILED FROM THE SURVEY OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION COVERING THE REFERENCE YEAR 1988 WAS RELEASED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT TODAY (FRIDAY).
FIELD WORK FOR THE SURVEY WAS UNDERTAKEN BETWEEN MAY 1989 EARLY 1990.
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THE SURVEY RESULTS INDICATED THAT 51,671 MANUFACTURING ESTABLISHMENTS HAD OPERATED FOR THE WHOLE OR PART OF 1988.
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