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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.