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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1992
EXPORTS SEABORNE
WERE THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR
(13%), JAPAN U.S.A. (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 22%), CHINA (17%), TAIWAN (5%), SINGAPORE (4%) AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (4%)
U.S.A. (16%).
.
CHINA (29%) AND TRANSHIPMENT CARGOES WERE MAINLY LOADED IN (16%), AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED ALSO IN CHINA (21%) AND U.S.A.
MAJOR COMPARING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THAT OF 1990, INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+118%), INDONESIA (+78%), TAIWAN (+35%) AND U.S.A. (+31%).
A MAJOR DECREASE IN TONNAGE WAS NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM CHINA (-30%). AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS BY 15%.
AMONG THE
ROSE
IN INCREASES
CARGO COMMODITIES, MAJOR PRINCIPAL
IMPORTS OF ORGANIC CHEMICALS TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE
MISCELLANEOUS (+53%), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (+47%),
(+37%), PETROLEUM, MANUFACTURËS OF METAL AND NON-METALLIC MINERALS PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+32%), AND STONE, SAND GRAVEL (+26%).
OVER THE SAME COMPARISON PERIOD, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 23%.
AND
SEABORNE
EXPORTS WERE (-23%) AND
MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE
MAJOR WHILE
DECREASES AND (+196%)
U.S.A. (+37%); TO CHINA RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA INDONESIA (-19%).
AND
IN TONNAGE
GARMENTS
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS RELATED MATERIALS (+187%), FOOTWEAR (+52%), TOYS (+32%) AND OF MIXED MATERIALS (+31%).
OF THE
DISCHARGED CARGOES
FROM
INCLUDING
WAS
SHIPS, INCOMING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 44% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE CONTAINERISED CARGOES.
OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 81% WAS CONTAINERISED CARGOES.
IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGOES ACCOUNTED FOR 36% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS.
ACCOUNTED CARGOES
IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC (92%), U.S.A. (80%) AND TAIWAN (80%).
FOURTH
FOR A LARGE OF GERMANY
IMPORTS
IN
THE
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE
QUARTER OF 1991 ROSE BY 24% OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990.
/AMONG THE