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APPENDICES

APPENDIX 37

(Chapter 15: Transport)

International Movements of Aircraft and Vessels

Aircraft

1989

1990

Arrivals

Departures

Total

Ocean-going vessels

47 140

52 886

1991

54 850+

47 160

52 896

54 850+

94.300

105 782

109 700+

Arrivals

Departures

Total

17 763

18 847

17 785

18 824

21 173+ 21 214+

35 548

37 671

42 387+

River steamers, hydrofoils, hoverferries, catamarans

and river trading vessels of 300 N.R.T. and under

Arrivals

97 180

102 443

Departures

97 370

102 578

106 673 106 267

Total

194 550

205 021

212 940

Note: Provisional figures.

International Movements of Passengers (Immigration figures)

Thousands

1989

1990

1991

Arrivals

Air

6 754

7316

7412

Sea

7 709

8 501

8 984

Land

14 659

16 018

18 167

Total

29 122

31 835

34 563

Departures

Air

6 902

7 517

Sea

7932

8 718

7 602 9 235

Land

14 280

15 597

17 737

Total

29 114

31 832

34 574

Note: All figures quoted here exclude:

i. Passengers in transit.

ii. Passengers refused permission to land,

iii. Military passengers.

International Movements of Commercial Cargo

by Different Means of Transport

Air

Discharged

Loaded

Total

Ocean-going vessels #

Discharged

Loaded

Total

River vessels

Discharged

Loaded

Total

Rail

Discharged‡

Loaded

Total

Road

Discharged

Loaded

Total

1989

1990

Tonnes 1991

307 279

352 887

373 000+

422 741

449 052

730 020

801 939

479 000+ 852 000+

45 791 999

46 241 967

52 770 000+

18 862 724

19 766 000

23 630 000+

64 654 723

66 007 967

76 400 000+

5 477 112

6 025 821

6 722 342

3 549 439

3 261 603

4 424 955

9 026 551

9 287 424

11 147 297

1 745 163

1 849 830

1 742 697

452 992

366 888

338 735

2 198 155

2 216 718

2 081 432

4 102 846

4 564 978

5 503 363

3 857 528

4 496 075

5 492 129

7 960 374

9 061 053

10 995 492

Note: Road transport refers to cross frontier traffic through Man Kam To, Sha Tau Kok and Lok Ma Chau to and from China.

#Figures on cargo movement by ocean-going vessels are based on the Shipping Statistics System set up by the Census and Statistics Department and are estimated from a sample of consignments on ocean cargo manifests. Figures on cargo movement by river vessels are provided by the Marine Department. The totals of these figures differ from those provided by the Marine Department and used elsewhere in this publication. Excluding livestock totalling 1 995 674 heads in 1989, 1 986 017 heads in 1990 and 1 875 272 heads in 1991. Provisional figures.

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