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Table 19-2
International shipping – Tonnage of containerized and total cargo — Unloaded

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Unloaded
  Containerized Total
2005 2006 2005 2006
  '000 t
Total commodities 14,921.4 15,613.4 129,158.3 124,059.4
Agriculture and food products 1,767.0 1,849.4 5,409.4 4,709.6
Wheat 0.9 1.5 857.3 143.3
Corn 1.4 0.5 453.7 326.1
Barley 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Rye, oats and other cereal grains 87.0 98.5 87.1 98.5
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables 40.6 34.7 72.2 105.1
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit and nuts 87.4 91.3 145.6 165.3
Colza seeds (canola) 0.4 0.2 0.4 0.2
Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products 55.2 58.8 564.8 705.7
Feed, cereal straw, eggs and other animal products 78.1 59.6 156.8 97.4
Meat, fish, seafood, and preparations 287.5 314.6 446.6 465.3
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products 93.5 103.9 100.6 105.1
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours 58.0 55.3 100.0 94.6
Sugar 14.0 10.7 1,349.8 1,308.0
Prepared foodstuffs (not elsewhere classified) 515.4 530.5 562.2 578.2
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 447.8 489.4 512.3 516.7
Minerals 151.9 172.5 19,872.1 19,416.0
Limestone 0.9 1.4 2,989.0 3,304.9
Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone 87.8 120.5 707.5 777.3
Salt 4.5 5.0 1,186.7 1,392.4
Sulphur 12.7 0.0 18.3 0.0
Other non-metallic minerals 23.0 30.7 1,543.8 1,356.1
Iron ores and concentrates 3.9 4.1 9,140.6 8,107.2
Copper ores and concentrates 3.9 2.7 256.0 345.6
Aluminum ores (bauxite) 1.4 2.4 3,315.5 3,401.9
Other metallic ores and concentrates 13.8 5.6 714.7 730.7
Coal 0.2 0.7 20,333.2 20,580.1
Coal 0.2 0.7 20,333.2 20,580.1
Fuels and basic chemicals 517.6 487.9 65,172.9 59,340.1
Crude petroleum 0.1 0.0 41,031.3 35,153.6
Fuel oils 0.1 0.1 3,379.7 3,413.7
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 0.2 0.0 6,781.3 7,372.0
Coal coke and petroleum coke 1.4 1.4 3,306.3 3,552.9
Other refined petroleum and coal products 8.1 15.5 2,099.7 1,664.2
Alumina 2.2 4.2 4,449.5 4,844.9
Other basic chemicals 499.6 458.2 3,297.6 2,683.8
Potash 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Fertilizers (excluding potash) 5.7 8.5 827.5 655.0
Forest and wood products 370.6 441.7 935.9 934.1
Logs and other wood in the rough 9.3 10.3 74.2 85.1
Wood chips 0.2 0.6 496.3 277.9
Lumber 153.0 171.4 154.6 182.8
Other wood products (plywood, veneer) 208.1 259.4 210.9 388.3
Pulp and paper products 308.6 344.6 324.9 380.7
Wood pulp 3.3 2.5 11.9 34.7
Newsprint 0.8 5.7 3.9 5.7
Paper and paperboard, except printed products 304.5 336.3 309.1 340.3
Primary and fabricated metal products 1,647.0 1,847.9 5,464.3 6,762.6
Iron and steel - primary or semi-finished 283.5 379.0 3,058.7 4,183.5
Other non-ferrous metal - primary or semi-finished 177.9 183.5 433.9 314.3
Articles of base metal 1,185.6 1,285.4 1,971.7 2,264.8
Machinery and transportation equipment 1,529.4 1,613.1 2,100.2 2,262.8
Machinery 984.2 976.7 1,100.9 1,082.8
Vehicles and parts and accessories 545.2 636.5 999.2 1,180.0
Manufactured and miscellaneous goods 8,629.0 8,855.6 9,545.6 9,673.4
Other chemical products and preparations 226.8 235.0 239.5 268.9
Plastic and rubber 923.2 916.9 973.3 946.1
Cement 1.0 3.9 355.3 293.0
Other non-metallic mineral products 932.5 979.2 949.2 1,028.8
Metallic waste and scrap 17.0 13.2 118.0 121.0
Non-metallic waste and scrap 2.8 5.5 208.9 182.4
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods 6,356.1 6,658.8 6,488.6 6,784.9
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 169.8 43.0 213.0 48.3