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THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1992

NETHERLANDS

(+23%);

EXPORTS WHILE OF

MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE ΤΟ CHINA (+90%), THE USA (+31%) AND THE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC KOREA (-20%) AND INDONESIA (-17%).

AND AND OTHER

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS RELATED MATERIALS (+75%), FOOTWEAR (+40%), MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (+18%).

TRANSHIPMENT,

42%

IN

IN TONNAGE

(+35%) TOYS

TERMS

TONNAGE

INCLUDING SEABORNE

OF

WAS

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, IMPORTS AND INWARD CONTAINERISED CARGO.

OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 81% WAS CONTAINERISED CARGO.

IMPORTS IN THE THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 ROSE BY 23% OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991.

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

CARGO

USA

OF

ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED

THE FEDERAL (94%), PROPORTION OF

IMPORTS FROM THE SEABORNE REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (86%), TAIWAN (84%) AND THE NETHERLANDS (79%).

ACCOUNTED AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO FOR,

IN TONNAGE TERMS, 99% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 94% OF PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS, 90% OF TEXTILE AND 90% OF YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS, MACHINERY.

EXPORTS IN THE

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE FIRST QUARTER OF 1992 ROSE BY 17% OVER THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1991.

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

SEABORNE

ΤΟ

REPUBLIC

ACCOUNTED GERMANY,

IN

FOR

THE

OF FEDERAL THE EXPORTS NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED KINGDOM; AND ALMOST ALL TO THE USA AND JAPAN.

OF

WERE ALL OR APPAREL FABRICS, MADE-UP

SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES NEARLY ALL CONTAINERISED. THESE INCLUDED TOYS; ARTICLES AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES; FOOTWEAR; TEXTILE YARN, ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS; AND OTHER MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL.

SHIPPING STATISTICS

OCEAN-GOING OF

VESSELS

ARE COMPILED PRIMARILY FROM GENERAL DECLARATIONS SUBMITTED TO THE MARINE DEPARTMENT ALL OCEAN- BY SHIP MASTERS OR AUTHORISED SHIPPING AGENTS AND COVER

YACHTS GOING VESSELS ENTERING AND LEAVING HONG KONG, EXCLUDING PLEASURE CRAFT.

AND

/CARGO STATISTICS