Lo scorso anno il porto di Hong Kong ha registrato un traffico di 220,9 milioni di tonnellate di merci (+6%)

Lo scorso anno il porto di Hong Kong ha movimentato 220,9 milioni di tonnellate di merci, con un incremento del 6% rispetto al 2003. I dati statistici definitivi relativi al traffico totalizzato dallo scalo asiatico - resi noti venerdì scorso dal Census and Statistics Department di Hong Kong - mostrano per gli sbarchi un totale di 134,9 milioni di tonnellate (+5%) e per gli imbarchi 86,0 milioni di tonnellate (+9%).

Il traffico oceanico ha totalizzato un traffico di 158,6 milioni di tonnellate (+7%). Da rilevare come nell'ultimo trimestre del 2004 questo tipo di traffico abbia rilevato un calo del 2% a 38,8 milioni di tonnellate.

Lo scorso anno sono risultati particolarmente consistenti gli incrementi delle importazioni di merci da Australia (+29%), Malaysia (+19%), Singapore (+17%) e Stati Uniti (+17%) e delle esportazioni verso Australia (+39%), Singapore (+26%), Tailandia (+21%), Malaysia (+18%) e Stati Uniti (+11%).

Nel 2004 il porto di Hong Kong ha totalizzato una movimentazione container pari a 21.984.000 teu (+8%), di cui 17,9 milioni di teu pieni (+8%) e 4,1 milioni di teu vuoti (+5%). Nell'ultimo trimestre dello scorso anno il traffico è ammontato a 5.595.000 teu (+4%), di cui 4,5 milioni di teu pieni (+3%) e 1,1 milioni di teu vuoti (+11%).

Port of Hong Kong
Statistics on Vessels, Port Cargo and Containers
for 4th Quarter 2004
(Source: Census and Statistics Department)

Summary of port cargo statistics

		Change over		Change over
	4th qtr 2004	4th qtr 2003	Jan-Dec 2004	Jan-Dec 2003
	(Mn. tonnes)	(%)	(Mn. tonnes)	(%)

Port total	54.9	-1	220.9	+6
Inward	32.6	-5	134.9	+5
Imports	19.7	-11	82.5	-2
Inward transhipment	12.9	+7	52.4	+17
Outward	22.3	+6	86.0	+9
Exports⁽¹⁾	8.9	0	35.5	+8
Outward transhipment	13.4	+10	50.5	+9

Seaborne⁽²⁾	38.8	-2	158.6	+7
Inward	24.8	-7	104.6	+5
Imports	15.5	-13	66.0	0
Inward transhipment	9.3	+5	38.6	+16
Outward	14.1	+9	54.0	+10
Exports⁽¹⁾	5.6	-3	23.2	+8
Outward transhipment	8.5	+19	30.8	+11

River⁽²⁾	16.1	+2	62.3	+6
Inward	7.9	+2	30.2	+4
Imports	4.2	-6	16.5	-7
Inward transhipment	3.6	+13	13.7	+21
Outward	8.3	+1	32.0	+7
Exports⁽¹⁾	3.3	+7	12.3	+7
Outward transhipment	5.0	-2	19.7	+7

Main countries/territories of loading of inward port cargo⁽¹⁾

		Change over		Change over
Country/territory of loading	4th qtr 2004	4th qtr 2003	Jan-Dec 2004	Jan-Dec 2003
	('000 tonnes)	(%)	('000 tonnes)	(%)

The mainland of China	11 194	+6	43 729	+4
Seaborne⁽²⁾	3 402	+16	13 762	+4
River⁽²⁾	7 793	+2	29 967	+4
Taiwan	2 820	-28	13 133	-4
Singapore	2 498	-1	11 050	+17
Japan	2 455	-6	10 025	0
Indonesia	2 213	-20	9 231	-3
Republic of Korea	1 701	-22	8 792	+5
United States	2 123	+17	7 678	+17
Thailand	1 346	+5	4 935	+3
Malaysia	1 011	0	4 180	+19
Australia	713	-5	2 923	+29

Main countries/territories of discharge of outward port cargo⁽¹⁾

		Change over		Change over
Country/territory of discharge	4th qtr 2004	4th qtr 2003	Jan-Dec 2004	Jan-Dec 2003
	('000 tonnes)	(%)	('000 tonnes)	(%)

The mainland of China	9 727	-5	38 333	+3
Seaborne⁽²⁾	1 800	-22	7 363	-12
River⁽²⁾	7 927	0	30 970	+7
United States	2 943	+17	11 526	+11
Taiwan	823	-3	3 375	+2
Japan	869	+14	2 806	-2
Germany	356	-8	1 580	+3
Singapore	525	+23	1 549	+26
Thailand	461	+37	1 472	+21
Australia	384	+26	1 463	+39
Malaysia	411	+18	1 429	+18
Italy	237	-26	1 379	-1

Principal commodities of inward port cargo⁽¹⁾

		Change over		Change over
Commodity group	4th qtr 2004	4th qtr 2003	Jan-Dec 2004	Jan-Dec 2003
	('000 tonnes)	(%)	('000 tonnes)	(%)

Port total
Artificial resins and plastic materials	3 780	0	15 411	+12
Petroleum, petroleum products	3 321	-11	14 664	+8
and related materials
Iron and steel	2 101	-26	9 474	-10
Coal, coke and briquettes	2 131	-21	9 142	-11
Machinery	2 002	+10	8 298	+20
Stone, sand and gravel	2 003	-23	8 180	-21
Paper and paper products	1 012	-18	4 714	-5
Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	948	-17	4 175	+11
Bricks, ceramic tile and refractory	854	+27	3 232	+32
construction materials
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles	731	-8	3 122	+11
and related products

Seaborne⁽²⁾
Artificial resins and plastic materials	3 559	-3	14 646	+11
Petroleum, petroleum products	3 256	-11	14 447	+9
and related materials
Coal, coke and briquettes	2 131	-21	9 140	-11
Iron and steel	1 930	-29	8 933	-12
Machinery	1 115	+7	4 777	+18

River⁽²⁾
Stone, sand and gravel	1 729	-27	7 190	-25
Machinery	887	+14	3 520	+25
Bricks, ceramic tile and refractory	759	+33	2 758	+36
construction materials
Tools, cutlery, metal household ware	323	-6	1 266	+2
and manufactures
Furniture and parts thereof	254	+14	989	+22

Principal commodities of outward port cargo⁽¹⁾

		Change over		Change over
Commodity group	4th qtr 2004	4th qtr 2003	Jan-Dec 2004	Jan-Dec 2003
	('000 tonnes)	(%)	('000 tonnes)	(%)

Port total
Machinery	2 568	+11	10 074	+18
Artificial resins and plastic materials	2 007	+6	7 514	+12
Iron and steel	1 743	-16	7 077	-5
Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	982	-24	4 198	-7
Pulp and waste paper	1 158	+44	3 691	+18
Paper and paper products	600	-10	2 603	-3
Bricks, ceramic tile and refractory	595	+24	2 214	+29
construction materials
Toys	518	-1	2 213	0
Tools, cutlery, metal household ware	588	+20	2 179	+9
and manufactures
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	558	+18	2 142	+10


Seaborne⁽²⁾
Machinery	2 327	+14	9 040	+19
Toys	512	-1	2 192	0
Articles of apparel and clothing accessories	548	+19	2 098	+11
Bricks, ceramic tile and refractory	569	+27	2 087	+31
construction materials
Furniture and parts thereof	508	-4	2 025	+3

River⁽²⁾
Iron and steel	1 373	-18	5 663	-9
Artificial resins and plastic materials	1 475	+9	5 576	+18
Pulp and waste paper	988	+45	3 039	+22
Metalliferous ores and metal scrap	646	+10	2 729	+28
Paper and paper products	413	-22	1 976	-4

Summary of container statistics

		Change over		Change over
	4th qtr 2004	4th qtr 2003	Jan-Dec 2004	Jan-Dec 2003
	('000 TEUs^@)	(%)	('000 TEUs^@)	(%)

Port total	5 595	+4	21 984	+8
Laden containers	4 502	+3	17 883	+8
Inward	2 084	+2	8 483	+11
Imports	889	-6	3 732	+6
Inward transhipment	1 195	+9	4 751	+16
Outward	2 419	+3	9 400	+5
Exports⁽¹⁾	1 143	-4	4 664	+4
Outward transhipment	1 276	+9	4 736	+6
Empty containers	1 093	+11	4 101	+5
Inward	700	+7	2 606	+1
Outward	394	+18	1 495	+11

Seaborne⁽²⁾	3 904	+2	15 475	+7
Laden containers	3 340	+1	13 520	+8
Inward	1 423	-2	5 987	+10
Imports	639	-12	2 758	+3
Inward transhipment	784	+8	3 229	+18
Outward	1 917	+4	7 533	+6
Exports⁽¹⁾	978	-4	4 100	+5
Outward transhipment	939	+14	3 433	+7
Empty containers	563	+10	1 954	-2
Inward	471	+9	1 620	-1
Outward	93	+12	334	-4

River⁽²⁾	1 692	+8	6 509	+10
Laden containers	1 162	+6	4 363	+9
Inward	660	+12	2 496	+14
Imports	250	+14	974	+14
Inward transhipment	410	+10	1 522	+14
Outward	502	0	1 866	+3
Exports⁽¹⁾	165	+1	564	0
Outward transhipment	336	-1	1 303	+5
Empty containers	530	+13	2 147	+11
Inward	229	+4	986	+6
Outward	301	+20	1 161	+17

Summary of vessel arrivals

		Change over		Change over
	4th qtr 2004	4th qtr 2003	Jan-Dec 2004	Jan-Dec 2003
		(%)		(%)

Ocean
Number of incoming vessels⁽³⁾	9 380	+1	35 900	0
Capacity (Mn. NRT^#)	77.3	-1	307.7	+2

River
Number of incoming vessels⁽³⁾	47 850	0	189 530	+4
Capacity (Mn. NRT^#)	23.2	+3	91.3	+7

Notes :	Figures may not add up to the respective totals due to rounding.
	(1)	Exports comprise domestic exports and re-exports.
	(2)	Seaborne refers to transport by vessels operating beyond the river trade limits, while river refers to transport by vessels operating exclusively within the river trade limits. The river trade limits mean the waters in the vicinity of Hong Kong which broadly include the Pearl River, Mirs Bay and Macao, and other inland waterways in Guangdong and Guangxi which are accessible from waters in the vicinity of Hong Kong.
	(3)	The number of vessels is rounded to the nearest 10.
	'0'	denotes increase or decrease of less than 0.5%.
	@	TEU stands for twenty-foot equivalent unit which is a unit measure in capacity terms for different sizes of containers for moving the cargo. One TEU is equivalent to the capacity of one 20'x8'x8' container.
	#	Net registered ton (NRT) is a unit measure in volume terms of the space of a vessel available for carrying passengers or goods. One NRT is equivalent to 100 cubic feet.