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FRIDAY, AUGUST 4, 1989

WEST

OF SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 71 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALMOST ALL OF SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, FRANCE. THE USA. CANADA, AUSTRALIA SOUTH AFRICA.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE EXPORTS IN ROSE BY 22 PER CENT OVER 1997.

AND

1988

ALL

SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERE NEARLY CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED FOOTWEAR; COTTON GARMENTS: CANNED FOOD: TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED; PLASTIC MANUFACTURES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED AND COTTON TEXTILES.

TOYS;

SHIPPING STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIPMASTERS 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 THE YEAR 1988 ARE CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT" FOR 1988. WHICH IS NOW ON SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $32 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED ΤΟ THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 5-8234887.

CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT STATISTICS FOR FIRST QUARTER

AT

BY MAIN SITES, LOCATIONS) WHICH

THE GROSS VALUE OF CONSTRUCTION WORK PERFORMED

CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS (INCLUDING WORK CARRIED OUT AT FRECTED BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES, AND AT OTHER MINOR WORK THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1989 AMOUNTED TO $11,868 MILLION, 0.2 PER CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1988, AND 24.4 CENT HIGHER THAN IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1988.

IN

WAS PER

THIS IS SHOWN BY THE RESULTS OF THE QUARTERLY SURVEY CONSTRUCTION OUTPUT RELEASED TODAY (FRIDAY)

THE CENSUS STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

OF

BY

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