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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1992

SHIPS

IN THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992, THERE WERE 6,226 OUTGOING WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY OF 32.8 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF IN CAPACITY 830 (OR 15%) IN NUMBER AND OF 3.1 MILLION NRT (OR 10%) OVER THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS WAS MILLION TONNES, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 1%.

6.1

NUMBER

OF

AS

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CHANGES IN THE OUTGOING SHIPS BY SHIP TYPE, FLAG, AND CAPACITY ARE ABOUT THE SAME THOSE RECORDED FOR INCOMING SHIPS, AS ABOUT 70% OF THE DEPARTING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN 2 DAYS,

TERMS OF OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 86% IN

OF THE CARGO TONNAGE WAS IMPORTS AND 14% WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, LOADED

WAS 66%

EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) AND 34% WAS TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

THE

OF LOADING

WERE

IMPORTS JAPAN (14%),

(9%)

AND THE DISCHARGE TONNAGE

SEABORNE COUNTRIES MAJOR

FOR SINGAPORE (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 16% IN TONNAGE TERMS), CHINA (11%), AUSTRALIA (10%), TAIWAN (10%), THE USA REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (6%); WHILE THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE USA (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 23% IN TERMS), CHINA (16%), TAIWAN (12%), JAPAN (5%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (4%), SINGAPORE (4%) AND THE NETHERLANDS (3%).

TAIWAN AND

CARGO TRANSHIPMENT

(32%), WAS MAINLY LOADED IN CHINA (14%) AND THE USA (13%), AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED IN CHINA (20%) THE USA (15%).

(+15%)

COMPARING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF FROM 1991, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS INDONESIA (+28%), THE USA (+23%), AUSTRALIA (+19%), SINGAPORE

WERE NOTED FOR AND JAPAN (+13%); WHILE MAJOR DECREASES IN TONNAGE SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (-18%) AND THAILAND (-10%).

AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS ROSE BY 9%.

IN TONNAGE AND PLASTIC AND ARTICLES PETROLEUM,

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS MATERIALS (+37%), MACHINERY (+36%), PAPER, PAPERBOARD THEREOF

AND (+11%) (+21%), COAL, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+9%) .

COKE AND

BRIQUETTES

COMPARING THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE SECOND QUARTER OF 1991, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE- EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 4%.

EXPORTS

MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE

USA (+28%); WHILE ΤΟ MACAU (+46%), THE NETHERLANDS (+30%) AND THE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO SINGAPORE (-10%) AND TAIWAN (-10%).

(+19%) AND ARTICLES OF

IN TONNAGE (+21%), OTHER APPAREL AND CLOTHING NOTED FOR SEABORNE

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF FOOTWEAR (+26%), TOYS MANUFACTURED ARTICLES ACCESSORIES (+18%); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (-11%).

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