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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1990

SEABORNE EXPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED THIRD QUARTER OF 1989 ROSE BY 13 PER CENT OVER THE 1988.

SOME PRINCIPAL

TOYS;

NOT ELSEWHERE ELECTRONIC

A VERY LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE EXPORTS OF COMMODITIES WERE CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED COTTON GARMENTS;

MATERIALS, OTHER OR GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS SPECIFIED; FOOTWEAR; COTTON TEXTILES; OTHER ELECTRICAL AND

AND

MANUFACTURED MISCELLANEOUS APPLIANCES AND PARTS ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED.

ARE COMPILED

MARINE

PRIMARILY

ARTICLES,

NOT

FROM GENERAL SHIPMASTERS OR ENTERING PORT AND

STATISTICS SHIPPING

BY DEPARTMENT DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN-GOING VESSELS AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT. CARGO STATISTICS ARE COMPILED FROM OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS

SUPPLIED BY

DEPARTMENT.

ALL CONSIGNMENTS BECAUSE OF RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS, A SAMPLE OF

FOR COMPILING PORT AND CARGO USED LISTED

THE IN

MANIFESTS IS

NOTES STATISTICS. THE SAMPLING METHOD IS DESCRIBED IN THE EXPLANATORY OF THE REPORT.

CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND

IN ARE CONTAINED

THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING THIRD QUARTER OF 1989

AT NOW ON SALE WHICH IS STATISTICS REPORT JULY TO SEPTEMBER 1989".

GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT PLACE, THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, CENTRAL, AT $23 FER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE

STATISTICS

TO THE SHIPPING DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 8234887.

SECTION OF

THE

DIRECTRD

CENSUS AND STATISTICS

HK REMAINS NO. 1 CONTAINER PORT

THE PORT OF HONG KONG REMAINS THE NUMBER ONE CONTAINER PORT THE WORLD,

IN

(TWENTY-FOOT EQUIVALENT

UNITS)

A TOTAL OF 4.46 MILLION TEU'S WERE HANDLED IN THE PORT OF HONG KONG IN 1989, THE DIRECTOR OF MARINE, MR MICHAEL C.C. SZE, SAID TODAY (THURSDAY).

THIS

HONG KEEPS

IN KONG

THE LEAD

POSITION

FOR

IN TERMS OF THE THIRD CONSECUTIVE

THROUGHPUT AMONG THE WORLD'S MAJOR PORTS YEAR, MR SZE ADDED.

/LAST YEAR'S