23
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1991
(+36%),
MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+39%), JAPAN (+35%), THE NETHERLANDS (+34%) AND CHINA (+25%); WHILE A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (-30%).
EXPORTS TAIWAN MAJOR
IN TONNAGE ANIMAL AND AND WHILE A
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES WERE
CRUDI NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF FOOTWEAR (+64%) 1 VEGETABLE MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (+37%), TOYS (+29%), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+24); MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF METALLIFEROUS ORES AND METAL SCRAP (-9%).
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE
AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT,
OF TERMS
JONNAGE WAS
IMPORTS CONTAINERISED
CARGO.
42% IN
OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 78% WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 35% SEABORNE IMPORTS.
OF
IN
PARTICULAR,
CONTAINERISED CARGO
FOR
A LARGE OF GERMANY
ACCOUNTED PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC (93%), TAIWAN (83%), THE U.S.A. (75%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (73%).
THE
SECOND
TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE TOTAL
IMPORTS QUARTER OF 1991 ROSE BY 30% OVER THE SECOND QUARTER
TN THE OF 1990.
ACCOUNTED AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO
ARTIFICIAL RESINS FOR,
IN TONNAGE TERMS, 98% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 96% OF OTHER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES AND PARTS, 93% OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES OF PULP. OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD, 90% OF TEXTILE FIBRES, AND TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD, ALL KINDS.
PAPER
86%
OF
IN
FOR
AND
THE
FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 70% TERMS OF TONNAGE. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED ALL SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY NETHERLANDS, AND ALMOST ALL TO THE U.S.A. AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE TOTAL
EXPORTS TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991 ROSE BY 20% OVER THE SECOND QUARTER
IN
THE
OF 1990.
FOOTWEAR;
ELSEWHERE
WERE OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES SEABORNE EXPORTS NEARLY ALL CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED COTTON GARMENTS;
GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS,
SPECIFIED ; AND PLASTIC
NOT MANUFACTURES,
ALL OR TOYS;
NOT
ELSEWHERE
SPECIFIED.
SHIPPING
STATISTICS ARE
COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL MASTERS OR DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIP
ENTERING AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT.
/CARGO STATISTICS