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Table 5: Cargo movements between Hong Kong

and China by modes of transport

(1)

Rail

Inward

Outward

Total

(2)

Road

Inward

Outward

Total

('000 tonnes)

1981

1985

1,032 41

1,384

203

1,073

1,587

225

1,436

300

1,249

525

2,685

(3)

Water-borne

Direct Inward : Sea-borne

3,867

2,544

River-borne

2,741

4,589

Total

6,608

7,134

Direct Outward : Sea-borne

218

1,090

River-borne

373

2,026

Total

592

3,116

Transhipment: Inward

N.A.

1,046

Outward

N.A.

1,043

(4)

Air

Inward

Outward

Total

All modes of transport

Inward

Outward

Total

224

5

8

13

7,867

9,960

934

4,576

8,801

14,536

Sources: (1) Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation

(2) Customs & Excise Department (3) Sea-borne cargo statistics :

1981: Marine Statistics of the

Marine Department

1985: Shipping, Port and Cargo Statistics of the Census and Statistics Department River-borne cargo statistics : Marine Statistics of the

Marine Department

Transhipment statistics :

Shipping, Port and Cargo Statistics of the Census and Statistics Department

(4) Civil Aviation Department