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THURSDAY, JULY 26, 1990

OF

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 WITH THE FIRST QUARTER 1989, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE- EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 9 PER CENT.

MAJOR

EXPORTS CENT), SINGAPORE

INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE TO WEST GERMANY (+15 PER CENT), THAILAND (+39 PER (+24 I'ER

PHILIPPINES CENT), CHINA (+23 PER CENT) AND THE CONT); WHILE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE SOUTH KOREA (-29 PER CENT) AND JAPAN (-13 PER CENT).

(+11 PER EXPORTS TO

IN TONNAGE AND PLASTIC

PETROLEUM,

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR

RESINS SEABORNE EXPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL (+42 MATERIALS

PER CENT), FOOTWEAR

PER (+33

CENT), PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS ( +29 PER CENT), TOYS (+23 PER MANUFACTURES OF

AND METAL SPECIFIED (+22 PER CENT);

CENT) AND

MISCELLANEOUS

NON-METALLIC WHILE A

MINERALS, NOT ELSEWHERE DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PULP AND WASTE (-15 PER CENT).

MAJOR PAPER

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE WAS IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 35 PER CENT IN TERMS OF TONNAGE CONTAINERISED

INCLUDING OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, CARGO.

OUTWARD AND SEABORNE EXPORTS

PER CENT WAS

CONTAINERISED CARGO.

TRANSHIPMENT,

79

IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 29 CENT OF SEABORNE IMPORTS.

CONTAINERISED IN PARTICULAR, ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE USA PER CENT), WEST GERMANY (83 PER CENT), TAIWAN (78 PER CENT) NETHERLANDS (63 PER CENT).

PER

CARGO

(89

AND THE

THE

FIRST 1989.

TOTAL

IMPORTS TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE QUARTER OF 1990 ROSE BY 12 PER CENT OVER THE FIRST

IN THE QUARTER OF

FOR,

ACCOUNTED

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO

ARTIFICIAL IN TONNAGE TERMS, 98 PER CENT OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF

AND

MATERIALS, 94 PER CENT PLASTIC RESINS

OF

OF MIXED TEXTILES MATERIALS AND OTHER MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED, 94 PER CENT OF TEXTILE FIBRES AND 94 PER CENT OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND PAPER PULF, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD.

ARTICLES OF

CENT ACCOUNTED KINGDOM,

IN

FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 71 IN TERMS OF TONNAGE.

PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED FOR ALL SEABORNE

WEST EXPORTS TO

GERMANY, AND ALMOST ALL NETHERLANDS, THE

TO THE USA

THE

PER CARGO UNITED

AND THE

PHILIPPINES.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990 ROSE BY 10 PER CENT OVER THE FIRST

1989.

EXPORTS IN THE QUARTER OF

/SEABORNE EXPORTS