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SATURDAY, APRIL 27, 1991

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE EXPORTS IN FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 ROSE BY 16% OVER THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1989.

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SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERE ALL NEARLY ALL CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED COTTON GARMENTS; FOOTWEAR; TOYS; GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED; COTTON TEXTILES; MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED AND PLASTIC MANUFACTURES, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED.

AS FROM THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990, SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY REFER TO THE UNIFIED GERMANY WHICH CONSISTS OF THE PREVIOUS "FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY" AND "GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC".

IN THE ABOVE ANALYSIS, STATISTICS OF THE PREVIOUS REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ARE ADDED TO ENSURE COMPARABILITY WITH THE CURRENT FIGURES.

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

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MORE DETAILS ON SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE FOURTH QUARTER OF 1990 ARE CONTAINED IN THE "HONG KONG SHIPPING STATISTICS REPORT OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 1990", WHICH IS NOW ON SALE THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE, GROUND FLOOR, GPO BUILDING, CONNAUGHT CENTRE, CENTRAL AT $26.50 PER COPY.

ENQUIRIES ON STATISTICS CONTAINED IN THE REPORT MAY BE DIRECTED TO THE TRADE SURVEYS AND SHIPPING STATISTICS SECTION OF THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ON TEL. 823 4887.

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