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Table 10
International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation, by province and foreign region

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International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded, unloaded and annual variation, by province and foreign region
  Loaded Unloaded
2005 2006 Variation 2005 2006 Variation
  '000 t % '000 t %
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 countries 201,753.8 206,007.7 2.1 129,158.3 124,059.4 -3.9
Newfoundland and Labrador  
Europe 861.9 375.7 -56.4 1,089.1 625.9 -42.5
Middle East 9.0 17.0 88.5 1,934.9 2,819.5 45.7
Africa 110.0 74.0 -32.7 1,455.7 554.5 -61.9
Asia, Oceania 0.0 59.2 ... 48.3 0.3 -99.3
South America, Central America and Antilles 1,113.4 1,321.4 18.7 891.1 1,171.0 31.4
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 15,683.0 13,482.7 -14.0 468.7 556.8 18.8
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Pacific 105.9 330.6 212.1 0.0 0.0 ...
Total foreign countries 17,883.1 15,660.6 -12.4 5,887.7 5,728.0 -2.7
Prince Edward Island  
Europe 0.0 0.0 ... 26.4 38.1 44.6
Middle East 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Africa 0.0 0.0 ... 10.7 0.0 -100.0
Asia, Oceania 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
South America, Central America and Antilles 6.4 6.5 3.1 0.0 5.9 ...
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 0.9 0.0 -100.0 33.0 21.2 -35.7
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Total foreign countries 7.2 6.5 -9.5 70.1 65.3 -6.9
Nova Scotia  
Europe 1,003.6 1,669.8 66.4 6,108.3 5,700.4 -6.7
Middle East 182.9 61.4 -66.4 425.7 280.8 -34.0
Africa 103.5 22.6 -78.2 9,707.4 9,607.5 -1.0
Asia, Oceania 839.0 21.7 -97.4 667.7 80.4 -88.0
South America, Central America and Antilles 763.7 973.4 27.5 3,815.7 2,520.6 -33.9
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 21,966.9 23,727.4 8.0 1,113.5 1,519.0 36.4
United States - Great Lakes 34.4 2.0 -94.3 183.4 124.6 -32.1
United States - Pacific 60.0 50.4 -16.1 28.5 33.7 18.4
Total foreign countries 24,954.0 26,528.6 6.3 22,050.2 19,866.9 -9.9
New Brunswick  
Europe 579.7 440.9 -23.9 7,028.9 4,890.5 -30.4
Middle East 46.6 170.6 265.8 4,119.0 3,528.4 -14.3
Africa 59.5 14.8 -75.2 1,162.8 1,136.8 -2.2
Asia, Oceania 62.7 157.5 151.2 54.5 14.2 -73.9
South America, Central America and Antilles 785.9 1,224.7 55.8 1,983.1 1,326.9 -33.1
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 11,099.8 10,076.4 -9.2 1,098.3 285.5 -74.0
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 ... 259.9 508.3 95.6
United States - Pacific 189.6 30.6 -83.9 26.6 18.3 -31.1
Total foreign countries 12,823.8 12,115.4 -5.5 15,733.0 11,708.8 -25.6
Quebec  
Europe 21,502.5 21,668.6 0.8 13,490.3 12,641.8 -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 5,168.4 8.4 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 countries 43,973.5 49,064.7 11.6 39,833.5 38,928.7 -2.3
Ontario  
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 countries 16,311.6 16,086.7 -1.4 31,688.9 31,813.7 0.4
Manitoba  
Europe 207.2 166.2 -19.8 0.0 0.0 ...
Middle East 36.9 44.0 19.2 0.0 0.0 ...
Africa 175.8 108.4 -38.3 0.0 0.0 ...
Asia, Oceania 0.0 39.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
South America, Central America and Antilles 47.7 124.0 160.1 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Total foreign countries 467.6 481.6 3.0 0.0 0.0 ...
British Columbia  
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 countries 85,332.9 86,063.7 0.9 13,894.9 15,947.9 14.8
Northwest Territories  
Europe 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Middle East 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Africa 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Asia, Oceania 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
South America, Central America and Antilles 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Total foreign countries 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Nunavut  
Europe 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Middle East 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Africa 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Asia, Oceania 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
South America, Central America and Antilles 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Great Lakes 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
United States - Pacific 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...
Total foreign countries 0.0 0.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ...