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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1993

TABLE 2: CARGO DISCHARGED FROM INCOMING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS

BY THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES OF LOADING

COUNTRY OF LOADING

2ND QUARTER

1993

% CHANGE OVER 2ND QUARTER 1992

('000 TONNE)

SINGAPORE

3 187

+53

CHINA

2 419

+9

JAPAN

2 405

+24

TAIWAN

1 751

+16

REPUBLIC OF KOREA

1 323

+101

U.S.A.

1 231

-10

AUSTRALIA

1 189

-6

REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA

1 154

+48

INDONESIA

594

-9

THAILAND

331

+20

NOTES: (I)

TABLE 3:

(II)

CARGO DISCHARGED INCLUDES SEABORNE IMPORTS AND SEABORNE INWARD TRANSHIPMENT.

STARTING FROM 1993, OCEAN-GOING VESSELS HAVE BEEN REDEFINED AS ALL VESSELS OPERATING BEYOND THE RIVER TRADE LIMITS.

IN CALCULATING THE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGES, STATISTICS FOR 1992 HAVE BEEN RECOMPILED BASED ON THE NEW DEFINITION.

CARGO LOADED ONTO OUTGOING OCEAN-GOING VESSELS BY THE TOP 10 COUNTRIES OF DISCHARGE

COUNTRY OF DISCHARGE

U.S.A.

CHINA

TAIWAN

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

JAPAN

SINGAPORE

NETHERLANDS

UNITED KINGDOM

PHILIPPINES

INDONESIA

2ND QUARTER

1993

% CHANGE OVER 2ND QUARTER 1992

('000 TONNE)

1 410

1 299

+14 +47

604

+6

350

+32

327

+9

306

+20

290

+37

186

+10

165

-10

145

+14

NOTES: (I) CARGO LOADED INCLUDES SEABORNE EXPORTS AND SEABORNE OUTWARD

TRANSHIPMENT.

(II) STARTING FROM 1993, OCEAN-GOING VESSELS HAVE BEEN REDEFINED

AS ALL VESSELS OPERATING BEYOND THE RIVER TRADE LIMITS. IN CALCULATING THE YEAR-ON-YEAR CHANGES, STATISTICS FOR 1992 HAVE BEEN RECOMPILED BASED ON THE NEW DEFINITION.

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