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THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 1992

COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE- EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 22%.

MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS ΤΟ CHINA (+48%), USA (+26%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (+22%), THE NETHERLANDS (+19%) AND TAIWAN (+15%).

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AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS (+113%), FOOTWEAR (+67%), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+36%), AND TOYS (+29%).

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 40% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO. OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 80% WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.

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TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 32% SEABORNE IMPORTS. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE NETHERLANDS (88%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (87%) AND TAIWAN (87%).

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE IMPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 ROSE BY 25% OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990.

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR,

IN TONNAGE TERMS, 99% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 94% OF PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, 88% OF TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD, ALL KINDS, AND 87% OF MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURES OF METAL AND NON-METALLIC MINERALS.

FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 72% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALL SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE UNITED KINGDOM AND AUSTRALIA, AND ALMOST ALL TO USA AND THE NETHERLANDS.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE EXPORTS IN. THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991 ROSE BY 21% OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1990. SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERE ALL OR NEARLY ALL CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED TOYS; FOOTWEAR; GARMENTS OF MIXED MATERIALS; MISCELLANEOUS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES; AND VEGETABLES AND FRUIT.

SHIPPING STATISTICS OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT BY SHIP MASTERS OR AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER ALL OCEAN- GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING YACHTS AND PLEASURE CRAFT.

CARGO STATISTICS OF OCEAN-GOING VESSELS ARE COMPILED FROM OCEAN CARGO MANIFESTS SUPPLIED BY SHIPPING COMPANIES OR AGENTS TO THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

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