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OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 86 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS IMPORTS AND 14 PER CENT WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO. OF THE CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, 58 PER CENT WAS EXPORTS (INCLUDING RE-EXPORTS) AND 42 PER CENT WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS IN TONNAGE TERMS WERE SINGAPORE (17 PER CENT), JAPAN (14 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (13 PER CENT), CHINA (11 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (8 PER CENT) WHILE THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE U.S. (20 PER CENT), CHINA (18 PER CENT), TAIWAN (13 PER CENT) AND INDONESIA (7 PER CENT). TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN CHINA (32 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (14 PER CENT); AND WAS ALSO MAINLY DISCHARGED IN CHINA (16 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (12 PER CENT).

COMPARING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986 WITH THE SAME QUARTER IN 1985, INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR IMPORTS FROM CHINA (+41 PER CENT), THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (+33 PER CENT) SINGAPORE (+32 PER CENT) AND THE U.S. (+9 PER CENT)- BUT DECREASES WERE NOTED FOR IMPORTS FROM TAIWAN (-14 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (-11 PER CENT). AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 14 PER CENT.

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, INCREASES IN CARGO TONNAGE WERE RECORDED IN THE IMPORTS OF MISCELLANEOUS EDIBLE PRODUCTS AND PREPARATIONS (+105 PER CENT), CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (+55 PER CENT) AND CHEMICAL MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS, N.E.S. (+51 PER CENT).

DURING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1986, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 21 PER CENT. INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO INDONESIA (+89 PER CENT), SOUTH KOREA (+61 PER CENT) AND SINGAPORE (+50 PER CENT)- BUT A DECREASE WAS NOTED FOR THOSE TO CHINA (-16 PER CENT).

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM AND PETROLEUM PRODUCTS (+372 PER CENT), VEGETABLES AND FRUIT (+298 PER CENT) AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, N.E.S. (+99 PER CENT), BUT SEABORNE EXPORTS OF INORGANIC CHEMICALS DROPPED (-54 PER CENT).

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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.

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