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The top five principal commodities of seaborne inward cargo in tonnage terms include petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (19%); coal, coke and briquettes (10%); iron and steel (8%); artificial resins and plastic materials (8%) and paper and paper products (6%).
The top five principal commodities of seaborne outward cargo in tonnage terms include machinery (13%); other manufactured goods classified chiefly by material (10%); petroleum, petroleum products and related materials (7%); other manufactured articles (7%) and toys (6%).
The distribution of the top ten countries of loading and discharge and their changes in the tonnage of seaborne inward and outward cargo between the second quarter of 1996 and the second quarter of 1995 are shown in Table 2 and Table 3.
Similar statistics for seaborne inward and outward cargo analysed by the top ten principal commodities are shown in Table 4 and Table 5.
Ocean vessel statistics are compiled primarily from general declarations submitted to the Marine Department by ship masters or authorised shipping agents and cover all ocean vessels entering and leaving Hong Kong, excluding yachts and pleasure craft.
Seaborne cargo statistics are compiled from a sample of consignments listed in the ocean cargo manifests supplied by shipping companies or agents to the Census and Statistics Department. The sampling method is described in the Explanatory Notes of the report.
More details of ocean vessel and seaborne cargo statistics for the second quarter of 1996 are contained in the bilingual report "Hong Kong Shipping Statistics, April - June 1996".
The report is now on sale at the Government Publications Centre, Queensway Government Offices, Low Block, ground floor, 66 Queensway, Hong Kong; and the Publications Unit of the Census and Statistics Department on 19th floor, Wanchai Tower, 12 Harbour Road, Wan Chai, at $66 a copy.
Enquiries on statistics contained in the report may be directed to the Shipping and Cargo Statistics Section of the Census and Statistics Department on 2582 4887.
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