FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1992
THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE USA (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 21% IN TONNAGE TERMS), CHINA
(17%), TAIWAN (13%), JAPAN (6%), SINGAPORE (5%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (5%) AND THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (3%),
TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN CHINA (31%) AND THE USA (16%), AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED ALSO IN CHINA (19%) AND THE USA (13%).
COMPARING 1991 WITH 1990, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+74%), CANADA (+71%), INDONESIA (+51%), THE USA (+44%), TAIWAN (+36%) AND THAILAND (+17%).
AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS ROSE BY 13%.
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN CARGO TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF STONE, SAND AND GRAVEL (+253%), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (+41%), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+14%), AND COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (+7%); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKER (-29%).
COMPARING 1991 WITH 1990, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 20%. MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CHINA (+46%), JAPAN (+23%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+22%), THE USA (+21%) AND THE NETHERLANDS (+20%); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THAILAND (-23%).
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF FOOTWEAR (+57%), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+42%), CLAY AND KAOLIN (+28%), AND TOYS (+28%).
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 42% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 80% WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 34% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM ITALY (99%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (90%), TAIWAN (83%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (80%).
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE IMPORTS IN 1991 ROSE BY 25% OVER 1990.
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR.
IN TONNAGE TERMS, 99% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 94% OF PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, 89% OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD, ALL KINDS, AND 87% OF MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL AND NON-METALLIC MINERALS.
FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 72% TERMS OF TONNAGE.
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