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Table 4: Cargo discharged from incoming ocean-going vessels
by the top ten principal commodities
Commodity group
4th quarter
1993
change over
4th quarter 1992
('000 tonne)
Petroleum, petroleum products
and related materials
Coal, coke and briquettes
3 620
+16
2 133
-17
+
Iron and steel
1 457
+33
Artificial resins and plastic
1 448
+30
materiala
Machinery
956
+23
Other manufactured goods classified
868
+37
chiefly by material
Paper and paper products
846
+14
Cement and cament clinker
842
+16
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up
575
+12
articles and related products
Stone, sand and gravel
567
+88
Notes: (1)
Cargo discharged includes seaborne imports and seaborne inward transhipment.
(ii) Starting from 1993, ocean-going vessels have been redefined as all vessels operating beyond the river trade limits. ΙΠ calculating the year-on-year changes, statistics for 1992 have been recompiled based on the new definition.
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