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Table 4: Seaborne inward cargo" by top ten principal commodities

Commodity group

Petroleum, petroleum products and

related materials

4th quarter

1994

%% share

% change over

4th quarter 1993

('000 tonnes)

3 676

19

+2

Coal, coke and briquettes

1 795

9

-16

Artificial resins and plastic materials

1 470

7

+2

Iron and steel

1 330

7

-9

Paper and paper products

1 141

6

+35

Other manufactured goods classified

991

5

+14

chiefly by material

Machinery

943

5

-1

Cement and cement clinker

741

+

-12

Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles

660

3

+15

and related products

Stone, sand and gravel

589

3

+4

Notes: (1) Seaborne inward cargo comprises seaborne imports and seaborne inward transhipment. (2) % share is the share in tonnage terms with respect to the total tonnage of seaborne

inward cargo.

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