FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992
OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 46% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 81% WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE IMPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992 ROSE BY 23% OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991.
IN
TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 39% SEABORNE IMPORTS.
OF
IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (95%), THE NETHERLANDS (90%) AND TAIWAN (85%).
AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR,
IN TONNAGE TERMS, 100% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 97% OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF, 93% OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS, AND 92% OF OTHER MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL.
THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE EXPORTS IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992 ROSE BY 10% OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991.
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IN FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 74% TERMS OF TONNAGE. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERIZED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALL SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THE USA, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM; AND ALMOST ALL TO THE NETHERLANDS AND JAPAN.
SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES
WERE ALL
OR
NEARLY ALL CONTAINERISED.
THESE INCLUDED TOYS; ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES; OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES; TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE- UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS; AND OTHER MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL.
SHIPPING STATISTICS OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIP MASTERS OR AUTHORIZED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN- GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT.
CARGO STATISTICS OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ARE COMPILED FROM A SAMPLE OF CONSIGNMENTS LISTED IN THE OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.
THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE REPORT.
MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING AND CARGO STATISTICS
OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS FOR THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992 ARE CONTAINED IN THE 'HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT, APRIL JUNE 1992',
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