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MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1981

MOST COMMODITIES RE-EXPORTED THROUGH HONG KONG EXHIBITED STRONG GROWTH, THE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES BEING TEXTILES (BY $1 538 MILLION OR 56 PER CENT), WATCHES AND CLOCKS (BY $858 MILLION OR 69 PER CENT), ELECTRICAL MACHINERY, APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES (BY $769 MILLION OR 64 PER CENT), ROAD VEHICLES (BY $749 MILLION OR 160 PER CENT), TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND SOUND RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND EQUIPMENT (BY $641 MILLION OR 100 PER CENT), CLOTHING (BY $619 MILLION OR 66 PER CENT), AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (BY $516 MILLION OR 59 PER CENT).

+THE HONG KONG TRADE STATISTICS SUMMARY+, A SUMMARY ON HONG KONG'S EXTERNAL TRADE IN DECEMBER, 1980, WILL SOON BE ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$3 PER COPY. A MORE COMPREHENSIVE REPORT, HONG KONG EXTERNAL TRADE+, A DETAILED ANALYSIS OF THE MONTH'S IMPORTS, EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS, WILL BE PUBLISHED IN EARLY MARCH AND WILL ALSO BE AVAILABLE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE AT HK$10 PER COPY. ENQUIRIES CONCERNING SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THESE REPORTS MAY BE MADE TO THE INFORMATION SERVICES DEPARTMENT, BASKERVILLE HOUSE, TEL. NO. 5-214375.

PORT TRAFFIC INCREASES

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HONG KONG, THE WORLD'S THIRD LARGEST CONTAINER HANDLING PORT, EXPERIENCED ANOTHER RECORD GROWTH LAST YEAR.

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE MARINE DEPARTMENT SAID THAT AN AVERAGE OF 301 OCEAN-GOING VESSELS AND RIVER TRADE CRAFT ARRIVED IN AND DEPARTED FROM THE PORT EACH DAY.

IN 1980, SOME 10 229 OCEAN-GOING VESSELS USED THE PORT FACILITIES WHICH WAS A 4.3 PER CENT INCREASE OVER THE PREVIOUS YEAR.

THE VESSELS DISCHARGED AND LOADED 30.7 MILLION TONNES OF CARGO - 10.1 PER CENT MORE THAN THAT FOR 1979. AND OF THIS 6.6 MILLION TONNES WERE FUEL OIL AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID. DURING THE YEAR

+DURING THE YEAR, 51.3 PER CENT, OR MORE THAN HALF OF ALL GENERAL CARGO HANDLED WAS CONTAINERISED.

+THE TOTAL CONTAINER THROUGHOUT AT THE KWAI CHUNG TERMINAL COMPLEX WAS 1.465 MILLION T.E.U.S (TWENTY FEET EQUIVALENT UNITS), AN INCREASE OF 12.4 PER CENT OVER THE 1979 THROUGHOUT OF 1.304 MILLION T.E.U.S.+

HE ADDED THAT 36.2 PER CENT OF THE THROUGHPUT OR 0.478 MILLION T.E.U.S., BOTH FULL AND EMPTY, WERE FOR TRANSHIPMENT, A 3.9 PER CENT INCREASE COMPARED WITH 1979.

SAID.

+RIVER TRADE ALSO SHOWED A MARKED INCREASE LAST YEAR,+ HE

+THE NUMBER OF RIVER TRADE VESSELS WHICH ENTERED AND CLEARED THE PORT WAS 90 208, BEING 8.3 PER CENT HIGHER THAN THAT FOR 1979.+

A TOTAL OF 2.87 MILLION TONNES OF CARGO WERE HANDLED BY THESE VESSELS, AN 18.1 PER CENT INCREASE OVER 1979.

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