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FRIDAY, APRIL 27, 1990

FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 69 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALL OR A VERY LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE EXPORTS TO WEST GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE NETHERLANDS, THE USA AND AUSTRALIA.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989 ROSE 1988.

CONTAINERISED

SEABORNE EXPORTS IN THE BY 14 PER CENT OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER OF

A VERY LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERE CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED TOYS, COTTON GARMENTS, FOOTWEAR, PLASTIC MANUFACTURES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED, COTTON TEXTILES, GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS, NOT KLSEWHERE SPECIFIED AND MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, NOT BLSEWHERE SPECIFIED.

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 MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

OCEAN CAROO CENSUS AND

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

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MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989 ARE CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG STATISTICS REPORT OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1989" WHICH IS NOW ON THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO CONNAUGHT PLACE, CENTRAL AT $23 PER COPY.

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ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS PROVIDED IN THE REPORT MAY BE TO THE SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4887.

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FOR THE SHIPPING SALE AT BUILDING,

DIRECTED STATISTICS

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