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# FRIDAY, JULY 11, 1986

COMPARING 1985 WITH 1984, INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR IMPORTS FROM CANADA (+94 PER CENT) THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (+56 PER CENT) AND SOUTH KOREA (+53 PER CENT) BUT A DECLINE WAS RECORDED FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA (-17 PER CENT).

AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT. AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, INCREASES IN CARGO TONNAGE WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF INORGANIC CHEMICALS (+96 PER CENT), LOGS AND TIMBER (+43 PER CENT) COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (+36 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (+25 PER CENT) AND CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKER (+23 PER CENT). HOWEVER, DECREASES WERE NOTED FOR THE IMPORTS OF CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (-8 PER CENT) AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (-8 PER CENT).

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DURING 1985, THE TONNAGE OF TOTAL SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 7 PER CENT. INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CHINA (+83 PER CENT), MACAU (+27 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (+7 PER CENT); BUT DECREASES WERE NOTED FOR EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (-32 PER CENT) AND AUSTRALIA (-19 PER CENT).

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AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR EXPORTS OF INORGANIC CHEMICALS (+212 PER CENT), GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER, MATERIALS, N.E.S. (+78 PER CENT), IRON AND STEEL (+37 PER CENT) AND CEMENT AND CEMENT CLINKERS (+26 PER CENT). HOWEVER, THE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS DECLINED (-21 PER CENT).

SHIPPING STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIPOWNERS OR AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT.

PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS ARE COMPILED FROM OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A SAMPLE OF ALL CONSIGNMENTS LISTED IN THE MANIFESTS IS USED FOR COMPILING THE STATISTICS. THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY NOTES OF THE REPORT.

MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR 1935 ARE CONTAINED IN THE HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS+ REPORT FOR 1985, ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATION CENTRE, GENERAL POST OFFICE BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, AT $19 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT, AT 5-452701 AND 5-455422.

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