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FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1993

ANALYSING INCOMING SHIPS BY FLAG, MAJOR INCREASES WERE RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN CHINA (+1,659), PANAMA (+1,129), LIBERIA ( +321) AND TAIWAN (+202); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE WAS RECORDED IN THE NUMBER OF SHIPS REGISTERED IN GERMANY (-77).

THE NUMBER OF INCOMING SHIPS WITH A CAPACITY OF LESS THAN THOSE 10,000 DEADWEIGHT TONS INCREASED BY 3,485 WHILST THE NUMBER OF WITH A LARGER CAPACITY INCREASED BY 1,389.

OF

IN 1992, THERE WERE 25,939 OUTGOING SHIPS WITH A TOTAL CAPACITY

22%) 134.5 MILLION NRT, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 4,722 (OR NUMBER AND OF 15.2 MILLION NRT (OR 13%) IN CAPACITY OVER 1991.

IN

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS WAS 25.8 MILLION TONNES, REPRESENTING AN INCREASE OF 10%.

OVER THE SAME PERIOD OF COMPARISON, CHANGES IN THE NUMBER OF OUTGOING SHIPS BY SHIP TYPE, FLAG, AND CAPACITY WERE ABOUT THE SAME AS THOSE RECORDED FOR INCOMING SHIPS, AS ABOUT 72% OF THE OUTGOING SHIPS STAYED IN HONG KONG FOR LESS THAN 2 DAYS.

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, 86% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE SEABORNE IMPORTS AND 14% WERE SEABORNE TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

OF THE CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING SHIPS, 66% WERE SEABORNE EXPORTS (INCLUDING DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND RE-EXPORTS) AND 34% WERE SEABORNE TRANSHIPMENT CARGO.

IMPORTS WERE

THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF LOADING FOR SEABORNE SINGAPORE (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 16% IN TONNAGE TERMS), JAPAN (15%), TAIWAN (10%), CHINA (9%), AUSTRALIA (8%), THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA

(7%), THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA (7%) AND THE USA (7%); WHILE THE MAJOR COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS WERE THE USA (WHICH ACCOUNTED FOR 22% IN TONNAGE TERMS), CHINA (19%), TAIWAN (12%), JAPAN

(5%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (4%), SINGAPORE (4%). THE

NETHERLANDS (3%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (3%).

SEABORNE TRANSHIPMENT CARGO WAS MAINLY LOADED IN CHINA (31%), TAIWAN (13%) AND THE USA (13%), AND WAS MAINLY DISCHARGED IN CHINA (20%) AND THE USA (15%).

COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (+50%), INDONESIA (+50%), THE NETHERLANDS (+44%), THE PHILIPPINES (+36%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (+18%) AND SINGAPORE (+16%); WHILE A MAJOR DECREASE IN TONNAGE WAS NOTED FOR SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM MALAYSIA (-17%).

AS A WHOLE, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE IMPORTS ROSE BY 11%.

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES IMPORTED BY SEA, MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR MACHINERY (+39%), OTHER CHEMICALS AND RELATED PRODUCTS (+31%), ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS MATERIALS (+22%), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED (+22%), PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF (+14%) AND COAL, COKE AND BRIQUETTES (+8%).

/COMPARING 1992