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Table 2: Seaborne loward cargo” by top ten countries of loading
Country of loading
1st quarter
% change over
1996
% share(2)
1st quarter 1995
('000 tonnes)
Singapore
3 752
19
4
Japan
2819
14
+14
China
1993
10
-16
Taiwan
1983
10
U.S.A.
1878
9
+30
Republic of Korea
1 135
6
-27
Indonesia
846
4
+48
Australia
742
4
-27
Republic of South Africa
459
2
-2
Thailand
449
2
-16
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.