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FRIDAY, JULY 9, 1993

COMPARING 1992 WITH 1991, THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF SEABORNE EXPORTS (DOMESTIC EXPORTS PLUS RE-EXPORTS) INCREASED BY 13%.

MAJOR INCREASES IN TONNAGE WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS ΤΟ THE NETHERLANDS (+36%), CHINA ( +29%), VIETNAM (+28%), THE USA (+24%), MACAU (+18%) AND THE UNITED KINGDOM (+14%); WHILE MAJOR DECREASES WERE RECORDED FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS TO THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA (-26%) AND INDONESIA (-14%).

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES EXPORTED BY SEA, MAJOR INCREASES IN

TONNAGE WERE NOTED FOR FOOTWEAR (+30%), TOYS (+27%), PETROLEUM, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS AND RELATED MATERIALS (+23%), MACHINERY (+19%), OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES (+19%) AND ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES (+17%).

OF THE CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING SHIPS, INCLUDING SEABORNE IMPORTS AND SEABORNE INWARD TRANSHIPMENT, 44% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE WERE CONTAINERIZED CARGO.

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

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERIZED SEABORNE IMPORTS IN 1992 ROSE BY 18% OVER 1991.

IN TERMS OF TONNAGE, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 36% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS.

IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR A LARGE PROPORTION OF SEABORNE IMPORTS FROM ITALY (99%), THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (90%), TAIWAN (83%), THE UNITED KINGDOM (82%), THE NETHERLANDS (81%) AND THE USA (80%).

AMONG THE PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES IMPORTED BY SEA, CONTAINERIZED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR, IN TONNAGE TERMS, 99% OF

99% OF SEABORNE IMPORTS OF ARTIFICIAL RESINS AND PLASTIC MATERIALS, 96% OF OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES AND PAPER, PAPERBOARD AND ARTICLES THEREOF, AND 94% OF TEXTILE FIBRES AND THEIR WASTES.

THE TOTAL TONNAGE OF CONTAINERIZED SEABORNE EXPORTS IN 1992 ROSE BY 15% OVER 1991.

FOR SEABORNE EXPORTS, CONTAINERISED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR 73% IN TERMS OF TONNAGE. IN PARTICULAR, CONTAINERIZED CARGO ACCOUNTED FOR ALL SEABORNE EXPORTS TO AUSTRALIA, CANADA AND ITALY; AND ALMOST ALL TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, SPAIN AND THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY.

SEABORNE EXPORTS OF SOME PRINCIPAL COMMODITIES WERE ALL OR NEARLY ALL CONTAINERISED.

THESE INCLUDED TOYS; FOOTWEAR; ARTICLES OF APPAREL AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES; TRAVEL GOODS, HANDBAGS AND SIMILAR CONTAINERS; PLASTIC MANUFACTURES AND OTHER MANUFACTURED ARTICLES.

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

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