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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1993

SEABORNE TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN CHINA (32%), TAIWAN (13%) AND THE USA (11%), AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED IN CHINA (18%) AND THE USA (16%).

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COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE THIRD QUARTER 1991, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (+83%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+63%), THE NETHERLANDS (+60%) AND INDONESIA (+29%); WHILE MAJOR DECREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA (-50%), THE USA ( -19%) AND CHINA (-19%). AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS ROSE BY 1%.

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF MACHINERY (+59%), OTHER CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (+34%) AND IRON AND STEEL (+16%); WHILE MAJOR DECREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS OF COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (-4%) AND PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (-2%).

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COMPARING THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992 WITH THE THIRD QUARTER 1991, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE- EXPORTS} INCREASED BY 9%.

MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE

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EXPORTS (+26%), DECREASES

TO VIETNAM (+33%), THE NETHERLANDS (+32%), THE USA AUSTRALIA (+16%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+13%); WHILE MAJOR WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO JAPAN (-10%), CHINA (-8%) AND SINGAPORE (-7%).

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AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PLASTIC MANUFACTURES (+66%) TOYS (+29%), MACHINERY (+28%) AND OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (+17%); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS NOTED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS OF PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (-9%).

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND SEABORNE INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 42% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE CONTAINERISED CARGO. OF THOSE LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE EXPORTS AND SEABORNE OUTWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 83% WERE CONTAINERISED CARGO.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERISED SEABORNE IMPORTS IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992 ROSE BY 9% OVER THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1991.

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IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 35% SEABORNE IMPORTS. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (87%), TAIWAN (82%), THE NETHERLANDS (77%) AND THE USA (77%).

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR,

IN TONNAGE TERMS, 99% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 95% OF PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF, 95% OF TEXTILE YARN, FABRICS, MADE-UP ARTICLES AND RELATED PRODUCTS, AND 94% OF OTHER MANUFACTURED GOODS CLASSIFIED CHIEFLY BY MATERIAL.

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