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Table 4: Seaborne inward cargo. ♡ by top ten principal commodities
% change over
Commodity group
Petroleum, petroleum products and
3rd quarter
1995
% share(2)
3rd quarter 1994
('000 tonnes)
4 160
19
+16
related materials
Coal, coke and briquettes
2 722
13
+7
Artificial resins and plastic materials
1 666
-2
Iron and steel
1 310
6
-12
Other manufactured goods classified
1 104
5
+25
chiefly by material
Paper and paper products
1 093
5
-14
Machinery
1 056
5
+2
Cement and cement clinker
692
3
-9
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles
629
3
-1
and related products
Stone, sand and gravel
622
3
+43
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.