Il ministero dei Trasporti giapponese ha reso noto l'ammontare degli ordini ricevuti dai cantieri navali nazionali e approvati dal dicastero in novembre. Lo scorso mese le ordinazioni, relative alla costruzione di 13 navi, sono ammontate a 530,913 tonnellate di stazza lorda, con un calo del 29,1% rispetto allo stesso mese del 1998. Il calo del tonnellaggio rispetto al precedente mese di ottobre 1999, quando il totale fu di 743.770 tonnellate e 23 navi, è invece del 28,6%  
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New Orders for Ship Construction in Japan  as approved by Japanese Government* 
  
November 99 (FY99)  Details
  
 | Domestic | Export |  
 | 2,533gt | 528,380gt  |  
| Cargo ship | 0  | 1 |  
| Bulk carriers | 0  | 6 |  
| Oil tankers | 0  | 2 |  
| Chemical tanker | 0  | 1 |  
| LPG carrier | 0  | 1 |  
| Car carrier | 0  | 1 |  
| Ro/Ro ship | 1  | 0 |  
| Total number | 1 | 12  |  
 
  
 3 pure exports ships were ordered.  
  
Method of payment  6 vessels were paid for in dollars and cash.   The rest were paid for in yen and cash 
   Note  *This figure was formerly called "Japanese Government Statistics for New Orders in Ship Construction".  *The above statistics represent the Japanese Ministry of Transport approval for ship construction. The approval may be issued at any point after a few months of contract signing.  *MOT figures record both domestic and export ships of 2,500G/T and 90m length over. 
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  New Orders in Ship Construction for November 1999 (FY99)
  
| Item |  
 | April 99 to November 99
 | November 99 |  
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 | GT | DW | Amount  million Yen  | No. | GT | DW
 | Amount  million Yen |  
| Domestic | Cargo | 10  | 102,831 | 116,621 |  
 | 1 | 2,533 | 1,634  |  
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 | Tanker | 1 | 
3,815 | 4,999 |  
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
 
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 | Others | 0 | 
0 | 0 |  
 | 
0 | 0 | 0 |  
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 | Sub-total | 11  | 106,646 | 121,620 |  
 | 1 | 2,533 | 1,634  |  
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| Export | Cargo | 109  | 3,660,260 | 5,629,738 |  
 | 8 | 296,150 | 452,425  |  
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 | Tanker | 33  | 1,496,445 | 2,320,650 |  
 | 4 | 232,230 | 364,429  |  
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 | Others | 1 | 
20,800 | 4,335 |  
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
 
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 | Sub-total | 143  | 5,177,505 | 7,954,723 |  
 | 12 | 528,380 | 816,854  |  
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| Grand Total | Cargo | 
119 | 3,763,091 | 5,746,359  |  
 | 9 | 298,683  | 454,059 |  
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 | Tanker | 34  | 1,500,260 | 2,325,649 |  
 | 4 | 232,230 | 364,429  |  
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 | Others | 1 | 
20,800 | 4,335 |  
 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 
 
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 | Total | 151  | 5,284,151 | 8,076,343 | 462,588  | 13 | 530,913 | 818,488  | 44,709 |  
 
  
 Figures as on 10 December 1999 
																
															 
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