20
Table 5: Seaborne outward cargo (1) by top ten principal commodities
Commodity group
1st quarter
1995
% share(2)
('000 tonnes)
% change over
1st quarter 1994
Machinery
967
11
+33
Other manufactured goods classified
898
10
+22
chiefly by material
Other manufactured articles
667
+38
Petroleum, petroleum products and
$13
6
+27
related materials
Other chemicals and related products
357
4
+38
Articles of apparel and clothing
355
4
+1
accessories
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles
347
+1
and related products
Toys
344
+30
Footwear
335
+17
Crude animal and vegetable materials
283
+22
Notes: (1) Seaborne outward cargo comprises seaborne exports and seaborne outward
transhipment.
(2) % share is the share in tonnage terms with respect to the total tonnage of seaborne
outward cargo.
End/Friday, July 28, 1995