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THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1989

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TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN CHINA (25 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (19 PER CENT), AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED IN CHINA (25 PER CENT) AND THE U.S.A. (12 PER CENT).

COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM INDONESIA (+88 PER CENT), SOUTH AFRICA (+37 PER CENT), SINGAPORE (+33 PER CENT), JAPAN (+20 PER CENT) AND TAIWAN (+13 PER CENT); A DECREASE IN TONNAGE WAS NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA (-37 PER CENT). AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS ROSE BY 18 PER CENT.

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN CARGO TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (+63 PER CENT), PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD (+43 PER CENT) AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+33 PER CENT).

A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF CEREALS AND CEREAL PREPARATIONS (-7 PER CENT).

COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1987 THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 25 PER CENT.

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MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CHINA {+107 PER CENT), TAIWAN (+40 PER CENT), WEST GERMANY [+24 PER CENT) THAILAND (+24 PER CENT} AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+22 PER CENT); A DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO SOUTH KOREA (-5 PER CENT).

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AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+242 PER CENT) IRON AND STEEL (+165 PER CENT), MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL AND NON-METALLIC MINERALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (+56 PER CENT), CLAY AND KAOLIN (+47 PER CENT) AND ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (+47 PER CENT).

A DECREASE IN TONNAGE WAS NOTED FOR SEABORME EXPORTS OF INORGANIC CHEMICALS (-20 PER CENT).

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OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, SEABORNE IMPORTS INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 33 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO. OF THAT LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 77 PER CENT WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.

IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 28 PER CENT OF SEABORNE IMPORTS. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM ITALY (98 PER CENT), THE U.S.A. 192 PER CENT AND THE NETHERLANDS (89 PER CENT).

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE IMPORTS IN *THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1988 ROSE BY 29 PER CENT OVER THE THIRD QUARTER 1987.

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