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TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1991

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF FOOTWEAR (+40%), TOYS (+23%) AND CRUDE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED, (+17%); WHILE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF ÞULP AND WASTE PAPER (-19%) AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED

MATERIALS (-7%).

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 37% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.

OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 80% WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.

IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 31% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS.

IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM ITALY (98%), THE USA (83%), TAIWAN (81%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (80%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (79%) AND THE NETHERLANDS (71%).

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE IMPORTS IN 1990 ROSE BY 15% OVER 1989.

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR,

IN TONNAGE TERMS, 98% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 93% OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP, OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD, 91% OF OTHER ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES AND PARTS, 90% OF TEXTILES OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED, AND 88% OF TEXTILE FIBRES.

FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 73% TERMS OF TONNAGE.

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PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALL SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CANADA, AND ALMOST ALL TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE USA, FRANCE, THE NETHERLANDS, AUSTRALIA AND THE PHILIPPINES.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE EXPORTS IN 1990

ROSE BY 14% OVER 1989.

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

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THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY AND GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC INTO UNIFICATION ON OCTOBER 3, 1990. THE UNIFIED NEW STATE 19 KNOWN AS THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY. AS FROM 1990, SHIPPING, PORT AND CARGO STATISTICS FOR THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY REFER TO THE UNIFIED GERMANY.

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