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Table 5: Seaborne outward cargo ♡ by ton ten principal commodities
% change over
Commodity group
3rd quarter
1996
% share(2)
3rd quarter 1995
('000 tonnes)
Machinery
1 267
12
+17
Other manufactured goods classified
941
9
-17
chiefly by material
Toys
909
NO
9
+16
Petroleum, petroleum products and
856
8
+11
related materials
Other manufactured articles
Articles of apparel and clothing
167
7
492
5
+
accessories
Artificial resins and plastic materials
342
3
-3
Footwear
334
3
+1
Other chemicals and related products
309
3
-18
Textile yarn, fabrics, made-up articles
and related products
308
3
-15
End
Notes: (1)
(2)
Seaborne outward cargo comprises seaborne exports (domestic exports plus re-exports)
and seaborne cutward transhipment.
% share in total tonnage of seaborne outward cargo.