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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.