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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1991

IN

SHIPS

FIRST QUARTER OF 1991, THERE WERE 4,684 OUTGOING WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 27.6 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 247 (OR 6%) IN NUMBER AND OF 1.4 MILLION NRT (OR 5%) IN CAPACITY THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990.

THE

TOTAL TONNAGE

OF CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING (ESTIMATED FROM A SAMPLE OF MANIFEST CONSIGNMENTS) ROSE BY 13%.

OVER

SHIPS

OF

SAME

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, ANALYSES OF THE NUMBER OUTGOING SHIPS BY SHIP TYPE, FLAG, AND CAPACITY ARE LARGELY THE AS THOSE OBSERVED IN INCOMING SHIPS. ABOUT 69% OF THE DEPARTING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN 2 DAYS.

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 85% IN TONNAGE WAS IMPORTS AND 15% WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

OF

THE

CARGO

60% LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) AND 40% WAS CARGO.

TERMS OF

WAS

EXPORTS TRANSHIPMENT

TONNAGE (14%), CHINA AFRICA

THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS IN TERMS WERE SINGAPORE (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 16%), JAPAN (13%),

TAIWAN (9%), THE U.S.A. (7%), AUSTRALIA (7%) AND SOUTH (6%); WHILE THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE U.S.A. (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 19%), TAIWAN (14%), CHINA (12%), JAPAN SOUTH (7%), SINGAPORE (6%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (5%) AND KOREA (4%). TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN CHINA (34%) THE U.S.A. (18%), AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED ALSO IN CHINA THE U.S.A. (12%).

(13%)

AND

AND

OF

FROM

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE FIRST QUARTER 1990, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS INDONESIA (+71%), TAIWAN (+44%), THE U.S.A. (+28%) AND CHINA (+27%); FROM WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE IN TONNAGE WAS NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS SINGAPORE (-4%).

AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS ROSE BY 3%.

CARGO AMONG THE PRINCIPAL

INCREASES IN COMMODITIES, MAJOR

OTHER MACHINERY AND RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF TONNAGE WERE EQUIPMENT AND PARTS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (+40%), IRON AND STREL

MATERIALS (+32%),

(+13%); WHILE ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC AND

OF CEMENT AND MAJOR DECREASES

RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS WERE CEMENT CLINKER (-44%), AND COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (-7%).

of

COMPARING THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE FIRST QUARTER 1990, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE- EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 12%.

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EXPORTS MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE

(+52%),

(+45%), JAPAN

THE FEDERAL THE

REPUBLIC OF GERMANY NETHERLANDS (+41%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+37%) AND TAIWAN (+17%); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO CHINA (-13%).

/AMONG THE