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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.