Table 4: Seaborne inward cargo
(1)
16
by top ten principal commodities
2nd quarter
% change over
Commodity group
1995
% share(2)
2nd quarter 1994
('000 tonnes)
Petroleum, petroleum products and
4 032
17
+7
related materials
Coal, coke and briquettes
3 487
15
+50
Artificial resins and plastic materials
1 892
8
+11
Iron and steel
1 531
6
-33
Other manufactured goods classified
1 378
6
+65
chiefly by material
Paper and paper products
1 263
5
+9
Machinery
1 000
4
-7
Cement and cement clinker
830
3
-11
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles
699
3
+10
and related products
Stone, sand and gravel
634
3
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.