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COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA (+101%), INDONESIA (+34%), CHINA (+33%), JAPAN (+28%) AND TAIWAN (+13%); WHILE MAJOR DECREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM SOUTH AFRICA (-29%) AND SINGAPORE (-18%).
AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS ROSE BY
10%. AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN CARGO TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF IRON AND STEEL (+73%), COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (+34%) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (+25%); WHILE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKER (-24%) AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (-23%).
COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE- EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 2%.
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MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+63%), TAIWAN (+43%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+39%), SOUTH KOREA (+23%), JAPAN (+19%) AND THAILAND (+17%); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CHINA 59%).
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AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF FOOTWEAR (+51%), CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (+34%) AND TOYS (+20%); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (-59%).
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 39% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO. OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 82% WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
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TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 33% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM (95%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (90%), THE USA (88%), TAIWAN (83%), SOUTH KOREA (74%) AND THE NETHERLANDS (71%).
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE IMPORTS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 ROSE BY 21% OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989. AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR, IN TONNAGE TERMS, 98% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 94% OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD, 88% OF TEXTILES OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED AND 87% OF OTHER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES AND PARTS.
FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 77% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALL SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE NETHERLANDS, ALMOST ALL TO THE
USA, AND A LARGE PROPORTION TO AUSTRALIA (97%), JAPAN (93%) AND THE PHILIPPINES (92%).
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