Cresciuto del 6% il traffico nel porto di Hong Kong nel terzo trimestre. Forte incremento (+14%) del settore container

Il Census and Statistics Department di Hong Kong ha reso noti i dati di traffico portuale e marittimo relativi al terzo trimestre di quest'anno.

Il traffico merci portuale con 43,4 milioni di tonnellate ha registrato nel trimestre in esame un incremento del 6% rispetto allo stesso periodo del 1998. Gli sbarchi (26,4 milioni di tonnellate) sono calati dell'1%, mentre negli imbarchi (17,0 milioni di tonnellate) è stata rilevata una sensibile crescita: +19%.

Il traffico portuale di origine marittima è ammontato nel periodo luglio - settembre di quest'anno a 32,5 milioni di tonnellate, con un incremento del 3% sul 1998. Gli sbarchi sono stati 21,6 milioni di tonnellate (+2%), di cui 16,5 milioni di tonnellate in importazione (-10%) e 5,1 milioni di tonnellate (+41%) in transhipment. Gli imbarchi sono stati 10,9 milioni di tonnellate (+15%), di cui 6,3 milioni di tonnellate (+8%) in esportazione e 4,6 milioni di tonnellate (+25%) in transhipment.
I carichi fluviali (11,0 milioni di tonnellate) sono inoltre aumentati del 13%.

Nel terzo trimestre di quest'anno Hong Kong ha movimentato 2,8 milioni di teu (+14%), a cui si aggiungono 600 mila teu (+24%) riferiti al solo traffico fluviale.

Da rilevare infine una flessione del 9% delle navi entrate in porto, a cui viceversa è corrisposto un aumento della capacità di trasporto delle unità del 4%.

Le statistiche generali del traffico portuale sono riportate nella seguente tabella:

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	3rd qtr	3rd qtr
	1999	1998
	(Mn. tonnes)	(%)

Port cargo	43.4	+6

Seaborne cargo	32.5	+3
Discharged	21.6	-2
Imports	16.5	-10
Inward transhipment	5.1	+41
Loaded	10.9	+15
Exports^#	6.3	+8
Outward transhipment	4.6	+25

River cargo	11.0	+13
Discharged	4.8	0
Imports	3.6	-9
Inward transhipment	1.2	+37
Loaded	6.1	+27
Exports^#	3.5	+6
Outward transhipment	2.6	+75

Notes :	Figures may not add up to the respective totals due to rounding.
	#	Exports comprise domestic exports and re-exports.
	'0'	denotes increase or decrease of less than 0.5%.

Le dieci nazioni e regioni in testa alla graduatoria dei carichi sbarcati e imbarcati ad Hong Kong sono riportate nelle due tabelle seguenti:

Seaborne inward cargo# by ten main countries/territories of loading

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	3rd qtr	3rd qtr
Country/territory of loading	1999	1998
	('000 tonnes)	(%)

Taiwan	2 806	+4
Singapore	2 589	-26
Japan	2 357	+6
The mainland of China	2 344	+6
South Korea	1 969	-10
Indonesia	1 829	+17
United States	1 534	+2
Thailand	981	+46
Malaysia	729	+14
Australia	534	-60

Note : # Seaborne inward cargo comprises seaborne imports and seaborne inward transhipment. Seaborne outward cargo^#by ten main countries/territories of discharge

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	3rd qtr	3rd qtr
Country/territory of discharge	1999	1998
	('000 tonnes)	(%)

United States	2 711	+17
The mainland of China	1 573	-11
Taiwan	668	+10
Japan	475	+29
Germany	445	+11
Singapore	441	+31
Netherlands	439	+9
United Kingdom	383	+23
Indonesia	291	+109
Philippines	290	+53

Note : # Seaborne outward cargo comprises seaborne exports (domestic exports and re-exports) and seaborne outward transhipment.

Le dieci principali voci merceologiche riferite a sbarchi e imbarchi sono elencate nelle due tabelle seguenti: Seaborne inward cargo^#by ten principal commodities

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	3rd qtr	3rd qtr
Commodity group	1999	1998
	('000 tonnes)	(%)

Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials	3 133	-28
Artificial resins and plastic materials	2 417	+26
Iron and steel	2 032	+37
Coal, coke and briquettes	1 814	-26
Paper and paper products	1 489	+15
Machinery	871	-2
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	682	-5
Cement and cement clinker	673	+15
Stone, sand and gravel	569	+17
Live animals chiefly for food and edible animal products	551	0

Notes : # Seaborne inward cargo comprises seaborne imports and seaborne inward transhipment.

'0' denotes increase or decrease of less than 0.5%.

Seaborne outward cargo^#by ten principal commodities

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	3rd qtr	3rd qtr
Commodity group	1999	1998
	('000 tonnes)	(%)

Machinery	1 479	+20
Toys	961	+13
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	473	-1
Vegetables and fruit	384	+28
Footwear	379	+16
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles and related products	332	+20
Furniture and parts thereof	315	+41
Plastic manufactures	308	+22
Artificial resins and plastic materials	303	+6
Sanitary, plumbing, heating and lighting fixtures	262	+21

Note : # Seaborne outward cargo comprises seaborne exports (domestic exports and re-exports) and seaborne outward transhipment. Le statistiche del traffico container sono le seguenti: Summary of port laden container statistics

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	3rd qtr	3^rd qtr
	1999	1998
	('000 TEUs^@)	(%)

Port laden containers	3 497	+15

Seaborne laden containers	2 849	+14
Discharged	1 185	+10
Imports	713	-3
Inward transhipment	472	+37
Loaded	1 664	+17
Exports^#	1 112	+14
Outward transhipment	552	+23

River laden containers	648	+24
Discharged	316	+14
Imports	169	-1
Inward transhipment	147	+39
Loaded	332	+34
Exports^#	167	+18
Outward transhipment	165	+56

Notes :	Figures may not add up to the respective totals due to rounding.
	#	Exports comprise domestic exports and re-exports.
	@	TEU denotes twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Seaborne inward laden containers^# by ten main countries/territories of loading

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	3rd qtr	3rd qtr
Country/territory of loading	1999	1998
	('000 TEUs^@)	(%)

The mainland of China	222	+22
Taiwan	182	-5
United States	149	+3
Japan	112	+2
South Korea	90	+4
Thailand	66	+51
Singapore	50	-8
Malaysia	42	+34
Germany	38	+48
Indonesia	29	-11

Notes :	#	Seaborne inward laden containers comprise seaborne imports and seaborne inward transhipment.
	@	TEU denotes twenty-foot equivalent unit.

Seaborne outward laden containers^#by ten main countries/territories of discharge

		change over
	3rd qtr	3rd qtr
Country/territory of discharge	1999	1998
	('000 TEUs^@)	(%)

United States	577	+14
The mainland of China	119	+3
Japan	89	+18
United Kingdom	86	+31
Germany	84	+12
Netherlands	82	+14
Singapore	49	+10
Canada	48	+26
Taiwan	47	+9
Italy	39	+34

Notes :	#	Seaborne outward laden containers comprise seaborne exports (domestic exports and re-exports) and seaborne outward transhipment.
	@	TEU denotes twenty-foot equivalent unit.