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21
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Table 4: Seaborne inward cargo (1) by top ten principal commodities
% change over
Commodity groUD
4th quarter
__1995
('000 tonnes)
% share(2)
4th quarter 1994
Petroleum, petroleum products and
4 634
21
+26
related materials
Artificial resins and plastic materials
2311
10
+57
Coal, coke and briquettes
2 207
10
+23
Iron and steel
1 442
6
+8
Other manufactured goods classified
1 138
5
+15
chiefly by material
Machinery
1 049
5
+11
Paper and paper products
1003
5
-12
Cement and cement clinker
860
4
+16
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles
747
3
+13
and related products
Live animals chiefly for food and edible
550
2
+30
animal products
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.