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Table 5
International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded,
unloaded and annual variation by foreign region
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| Loaded | Unloaded | Handled | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Variation | Total | Variation | Total | Variation | |
| '000 t | % | '000 t | % | '000 t | % | |
| Europe | ||||||
| 1997 | 39,624.3 | 6.5 | 25,914.8 | 19.9 | 65,539.1 | 11.4 |
| 1998 | 39,809.2 | 0.5 | 25,646.7 | -1.0 | 65,455.9 | -0.1 |
| 1999 | 39,019.7 | -2.0 | 25,656.4 | 0.0 | 64,676.1 | -1.2 |
| 2000 | 38,763.2 | -0.7 | 26,798.1 | 4.4 | 65,561.3 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 33,915.6 | -12.5 | 28,897.5 | 7.8 | 62,813.1 | -4.2 |
| 2002 | 31,772.6 | -6.3 | 27,097.9 | -6.2 | 58,870.4 | -6.3 |
| 2003 | 36,619.1 | 15.3 | 27,853.5 | 2.8 | 64,472.5 | 9.5 |
| 2004 | 34,237.3 | -6.5 | 29,373.0 | 5.5 | 63,610.2 | -1.3 |
| 2005 | 35,514.7 | 3.7 | 28,744.1 | -2.1 | 64,258.8 | 1.0 |
| 2006 | 34,686.8 | -2.3 | 25,069.0 | -12.8 | 59,755.8 | -7.0 |
| Middle East | ||||||
| 1997 | 6,550.0 | 48.4 | 6,102.7 | 10.7 | 12,652.7 | 27.5 |
| 1998 | 3,116.2 | -52.4 | 4,212.6 | -31.0 | 7,328.9 | -42.1 |
| 1999 | 4,780.5 | 53.4 | 5,010.2 | 18.9 | 9,790.7 | 33.6 |
| 2000 | 6,342.6 | 32.7 | 5,148.0 | 2.7 | 11,490.6 | 17.4 |
| 2001 | 4,611.5 | -27.3 | 6,363.7 | 23.6 | 10,975.2 | -4.5 |
| 2002 | 3,340.1 | -27.6 | 6,625.9 | 4.1 | 9,966.0 | -9.2 |
| 2003 | 3,768.3 | 12.8 | 6,333.4 | -4.4 | 10,101.7 | 1.4 |
| 2004 | 3,004.2 | -20.3 | 4,863.0 | -23.2 | 7,867.2 | -22.1 |
| 2005 | 2,902.5 | -3.4 | 7,079.3 | 45.6 | 9,981.8 | 26.9 |
| 2006 | 4,804.6 | 65.5 | 7,162.4 | 1.2 | 11,967.0 | 19.9 |
| Africa | ||||||
| 1997 | 6,622.6 | 23.2 | 7,859.8 | 11.6 | 14,482.4 | 16.6 |
| 1998 | 5,625.1 | -15.1 | 8,520.0 | 8.4 | 14,145.1 | -2.3 |
| 1999 | 6,392.5 | 13.6 | 7,478.7 | -12.2 | 13,871.2 | -1.9 |
| 2000 | 5,392.3 | -15.6 | 8,719.7 | 16.6 | 14,112.0 | 1.7 |
| 2001 | 4,647.6 | -13.8 | 8,513.2 | -2.4 | 13,160.8 | -6.7 |
| 2002 | 4,883.5 | 5.1 | 9,174.5 | 7.8 | 14,058.0 | 6.8 |
| 2003 | 4,651.6 | -4.7 | 14,799.2 | 61.3 | 19,450.8 | 38.4 |
| 2004 | 4,384.4 | -5.7 | 18,194.1 | 22.9 | 22,578.5 | 16.1 |
| 2005 | 4,478.7 | 2.2 | 20,511.3 | 12.7 | 24,990.0 | 10.7 |
| 2006 | 4,846.0 | 8.2 | 19,488.9 | -5.0 | 24,334.9 | -2.6 |
| Asia, Oceania | ||||||
| 1997 | 63,767.6 | 2.0 | 5,659.0 | 10.6 | 69,426.6 | 2.7 |
| 1998 | 58,123.6 | -8.9 | 7,764.2 | 37.2 | 65,887.9 | -5.1 |
| 1999 | 56,077.9 | -3.5 | 8,284.9 | 6.7 | 64,362.8 | -2.3 |
| 2000 | 57,720.8 | 2.9 | 9,565.1 | 15.5 | 67,285.9 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 54,518.8 | -5.5 | 8,463.1 | -11.5 | 62,982.0 | -6.4 |
| 2002 | 48,435.4 | -11.2 | 10,152.5 | 20.0 | 58,587.9 | -7.0 |
| 2003 | 52,373.0 | 8.1 | 11,122.3 | 9.6 | 63,495.3 | 8.4 |
| 2004 | 56,934.8 | 8.7 | 12,195.8 | 9.7 | 69,130.6 | 8.9 |
| 2005 | 60,218.9 | 5.8 | 12,713.5 | 4.2 | 72,932.4 | 5.5 |
| 2006 | 61,996.6 | 3.0 | 13,929.2 | 9.6 | 75,925.8 | 4.1 |
| South America, Central America and Antilles | ||||||
| 1997 | 14,489.6 | 17.1 | 11,746.2 | 14.9 | 26,235.8 | 16.1 |
| 1998 | 13,496.2 | -6.9 | 13,050.3 | 11.1 | 26,546.6 | 1.2 |
| 1999 | 13,650.4 | 1.1 | 12,864.8 | -1.4 | 26,515.2 | -0.1 |
| 2000 | 14,880.4 | 9.0 | 11,638.5 | -9.5 | 26,518.9 | 0.0 |
| 2001 | 14,991.7 | 0.7 | 13,981.0 | 20.1 | 28,972.7 | 9.3 |
| 2002 | 12,972.1 | -13.5 | 13,969.6 | -0.1 | 26,941.7 | -7.0 |
| 2003 | 12,794.7 | -1.4 | 13,019.5 | -6.8 | 25,814.3 | -4.2 |
| 2004 | 13,748.9 | 7.5 | 14,810.5 | 13.8 | 28,559.5 | 10.6 |
| 2005 | 12,871.9 | -6.4 | 17,196.3 | 16.1 | 30,068.2 | 5.3 |
| 2006 | 15,295.5 | 18.8 | 16,071.0 | -6.5 | 31,366.5 | 4.3 |
| United States - Atlantic and Gulf | ||||||
| 1997 | 31,492.1 | 14.0 | 5,937.9 | 13.6 | 37,429.9 | 13.9 |
| 1998 | 31,125.7 | -1.2 | 6,372.0 | 7.3 | 37,497.7 | 0.2 |
| 1999 | 32,813.2 | 5.4 | 7,070.1 | 11.0 | 39,883.3 | 6.4 |
| 2000 | 37,980.1 | 15.7 | 7,214.8 | 2.0 | 45,194.9 | 13.3 |
| 2001 | 37,473.6 | -1.3 | 8,209.2 | 13.8 | 45,682.8 | 1.1 |
| 2002 | 46,612.4 | 24.4 | 6,405.1 | -22.0 | 53,017.5 | 16.1 |
| 2003 | 51,349.7 | 10.2 | 8,094.8 | 26.4 | 59,444.5 | 12.1 |
| 2004 | 52,200.1 | 1.7 | 6,329.4 | -21.8 | 58,529.5 | -1.5 |
| 2005 | 54,475.2 | 4.4 | 6,851.1 | 8.2 | 61,326.3 | 4.8 |
| 2006 | 53,628.4 | -1.6 | 7,075.8 | 3.3 | 60,704.3 | -1.0 |
| United States - Great Lakes | ||||||
| 1997 | 17,919.4 | 3.7 | 27,707.5 | 2.1 | 45,626.8 | 2.7 |
| 1998 | 20,164.2 | 12.5 | 31,451.4 | 13.5 | 51,615.6 | 13.1 |
| 1999 | 18,313.2 | -9.2 | 32,498.0 | 3.3 | 50,811.2 | -1.6 |
| 2000 | 18,087.9 | -1.2 | 33,979.5 | 4.6 | 52,067.4 | 2.5 |
| 2001 | 17,352.2 | -4.1 | 34,697.7 | 2.1 | 52,049.9 | 0.0 |
| 2002 | 16,429.9 | -5.3 | 32,122.7 | -7.4 | 48,552.6 | -6.7 |
| 2003 | 19,517.3 | 18.8 | 31,100.9 | -3.2 | 50,618.1 | 4.3 |
| 2004 | 20,131.8 | 3.1 | 30,155.3 | -3.0 | 50,287.2 | -0.7 |
| 2005 | 19,398.4 | -3.6 | 32,617.4 | 8.2 | 52,015.9 | 3.4 |
| 2006 | 19,944.9 | 2.8 | 31,966.0 | -2.0 | 51,910.9 | -0.2 |
| United States - Pacific | ||||||
| 1997 | 7,479.1 | -0.1 | 3,777.2 | 1.7 | 11,256.3 | 0.5 |
| 1998 | 7,581.7 | 1.4 | 3,365.2 | -10.9 | 10,946.9 | -2.7 |
| 1999 | 8,600.5 | 13.4 | 2,688.0 | -20.1 | 11,288.5 | 3.1 |
| 2000 | 8,676.0 | 0.9 | 2,855.3 | 6.2 | 11,531.3 | 2.2 |
| 2001 | 7,212.5 | -16.9 | 3,009.9 | 5.4 | 10,222.4 | -11.4 |
| 2002 | 9,824.2 | 36.2 | 2,916.1 | -3.1 | 12,740.3 | 24.6 |
| 2003 | 10,313.0 | 5.0 | 2,990.1 | 2.5 | 13,303.1 | 4.4 |
| 2004 | 11,388.2 | 10.4 | 3,123.7 | 4.5 | 14,511.9 | 9.1 |
| 2005 | 11,893.5 | 4.4 | 3,445.4 | 10.3 | 15,338.9 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 10,804.9 | -9.2 | 3,297.1 | -4.3 | 14,102.0 | -8.1 |
| Total Foreign Regions | ||||||
| 1997 | 187,944.6 | 7.8 | 94,705.1 | 10.6 | 282,649.7 | 8.8 |
| 1998 | 179,042.2 | -4.7 | 100,382.4 | 6.0 | 279,424.6 | -1.1 |
| 1999 | 179,647.7 | 0.3 | 101,551.2 | 1.2 | 281,198.9 | 0.6 |
| 2000 | 187,843.4 | 4.6 | 105,919.0 | 4.3 | 293,762.4 | 4.5 |
| 2001 | 174,723.6 | -7.0 | 112,135.3 | 5.9 | 286,859.0 | -2.4 |
| 2002 | 174,270.2 | -0.3 | 108,464.2 | -3.3 | 282,734.4 | -1.4 |
| 2003 | 191,386.7 | 9.8 | 115,313.6 | 6.3 | 306,700.4 | 8.5 |
| 2004 | 196,029.8 | 2.4 | 119,044.9 | 3.2 | 315,074.6 | 2.7 |
| 2005 | 201,753.8 | 2.9 | 129,158.3 | 8.5 | 330,912.2 | 5.0 |
| 2006 | 206,007.7 | 2.1 | 124,059.4 | -3.9 | 330,067.1 | -0.3 |
