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THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1991

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AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF FOOTWEAR (+46%), GARMENTS OF MATERIALS AND OTHER MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED (+46%), ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC APPLIANCES AND PARTS (+41%), AND TOYS (+19%); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (-6%),

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 41% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO. OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 81% WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.

IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 34% SEABORNE IMPORTS.

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IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR A PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (86%), TAIWAN (81%), THE NETHERLANDS (80%) AND THE U.S.A. (79%).

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE IMPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 ROSE BY 19% OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990.

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR,

IN TONNAGE TERMS, 98% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESING AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 94% OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES OF PAPER PULP,

OF PAPER OR OF PAPERBOARD, 92% OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD, ALL KINDS, 87% OF TEXTILE FIBRES, AND 86% OF VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.

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

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IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALL SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND THE NETHERLANDS, AND ALMOST ALL TO THE U.S.A., AUSTRALIA AND THE

PHILIPPINES.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERIZED SEABORNE EXPORTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991 ROSE BY 16% OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1990.

SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERB ALL OR NEARLY ALL CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED COTTON GARMENTS; TOYS; FOOTWEAR; GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS OR OTHER MATERIALS, NOT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED; MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES, NCT ELSEWHERE SPECIFIED; AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.

SHIPPING STATISTICS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIPMASTERS CR 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.

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