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Table 4: Seaborne inward cargo# by top ten principal commodities

% change over 4th quarter

1995

Country/territory

of loading

4th quarter

1996

% share@

('000 tonnes)

Petroleum, petroleum

4 789

21

+3

products and

related materials

Artificial resins and

2 124

9

-8

plastic materials

Iron and steel

1 642

7

+14

Coal, coke and

1 464

6

-34

briquettes

Other manufactured

1 320

6

+16

goods classified

chiefly by material

Machinery

1 228

5

+17

Paper and paper

1216

5

+21

products

Cement and cement

855

4

-1

clinker

Textile yarn, fabrics,

777

3

+4

made-up articles

and related products

Live animals chiefly for

625

3

+14

food and edible

animal products

Notes: (1)

# Seaborne inward cargo comprises seaborne imports and seaborne

inward transhipment.

(2)

@% share in total tonnage of seaborne inward cargo.