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Table 8
International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation by Canadian region and by foreign region

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International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation by Canadian region and by foreign region
  Loaded Unloaded
2005 2006 Variation 2005 2006 Variation
  '000 t % '000 t %
Atlantic Region  
Europe 2,652.4 2,652.6 0.0 14,258.0 11,260.4 -21.0
Middle East 275.5 293.0 6.3 6,479.6 6,628.7 2.3
Africa 448.8 219.8 -51.0 12,336.5 11,298.8 -8.4
Asia, Oceania 901.7 277.4 -69.2 770.5 94.9 -87.7
South America, Central America and Antilles 2,717.0 3,650.0 34.3 6,689.9 5,024.4 -24.9
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 48,750.5 47,347.2 -2.9 2,713.5 2,382.5 -12.2
United States - Great Lakes 34.4 2.0 -94.3 443.4 632.9 42.8
United States - Pacific 355.5 411.5 15.7 55.0 52.0 -5.5
Total Foreign Regions 56,135.8 54,853.4 -2.3 43,746.4 37,374.6 -14.6
St. Lawrence Region  
Europe 21,502.5 21,668.6 0.8 13,484.9 12,636.3 -6.3
Middle East 786.7 980.9 24.7 374.0 423.8 13.3
Africa 2,598.5 3,516.3 35.3 8,082.6 8,120.1 0.5
Asia, Oceania 7,524.7 9,232.9 22.7 2,496.6 2,672.6 7.0
South America, Central America and Antilles 1,541.4 2,470.5 60.3 8,167.6 8,364.1 2.4
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 4,769.5 5,107.7 7.1 4,055.1 4,439.9 9.5
United States - Great Lakes 5,250.2 6,020.6 14.7 3,057.9 2,189.5 -28.4
United States - Pacific 0.0 6.4 ... 109.4 76.9 -29.7
Total Foreign Regions 43,973.5 49,004.0 11.4 39,828.1 38,923.1 -2.3
Great Lakes Region  
Europe 1,534.4 1,373.0 -10.5 808.1 937.7 16.0
Middle East 3.0 114.6 3,720.8 211.4 96.0 -54.6
Africa 107.5 202.3 88.1 76.2 45.8 -39.9
Asia, Oceania 12.4 2.1 -83.0 105.4 226.3 114.6
South America, Central America and Antilles 470.5 420.6 -10.6 1,350.7 1,201.7 -11.0
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 70.6 67.0 -5.1 20.8 162.5 680.1
United States - Great Lakes 14,113.2 13,907.0 -1.5 29,116.2 29,143.7 0.1
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Total Foreign Regions 16,311.6 16,086.7 -1.4 31,688.9 31,813.7 0.4
Pacific Region  
Europe 9,825.4 8,992.5 -8.5 193.0 234.5 21.5
Middle East 1,837.3 3,416.1 85.9 14.3 13.9 -2.7
Africa 1,323.9 907.7 -31.4 15.9 24.2 52.2
Asia, Oceania 51,780.1 52,484.2 1.4 9,340.9 10,935.4 17.1
South America, Central America and Antilles 8,143.0 8,754.3 7.5 988.2 1,480.8 49.8
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 884.6 1,106.6 25.1 61.7 90.9 47.5
United States - Great Lakes 0.6 15.3 2,417.9 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Pacific 11,538.0 10,387.1 -10.0 3,281.0 3,168.2 -3.4
Total Foreign Regions 85,332.9 86,063.7 0.9 13,894.9 15,947.9 14.8
Canada  
Europe 35,514.7 34,686.8 -2.3 28,744.1 25,069.0 -12.8
Middle East 2,902.5 4,804.6 65.5 7,079.3 7,162.4 1.2
Africa 4,478.7 4,846.0 8.2 20,511.3 19,488.9 -5.0
Asia, Oceania 60,218.9 61,996.6 3.0 12,713.5 13,929.2 9.6
South America, Central America and Antilles 12,871.9 15,295.5 18.8 17,196.3 16,071.0 -6.5
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 54,475.2 53,628.4 -1.6 6,851.1 7,075.8 3.3
United States - Great Lakes 19,398.4 19,944.9 2.8 32,617.4 31,966.0 -2.0
United States - Pacific 11,893.5 10,804.9 -9.2 3,445.4 3,297.1 -4.3
Total Foreign Regions 201,753.8 206,007.7 2.1 129,158.3 124,059.4 -3.9