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Table 16-48
International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded and annual variation by Canadian region and foreign region of unloading — Articles of base metal

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Articles of base metal
  Tonnage Containerized Atlantic Region St. Lawrence Region Great Lakes Region Pacific Region
  '000 t % '000 t
Europe  
2005 193.1 84.7 19.2 154.8 0.0 19.0
2006 202.5 88.6 26.3 175.9 0.0 0.3
Percentage change 4.8 ... 36.7 13.6 ... -98.2
Middle East  
2005 6.3 52.5 3.0 0.2 3.0 0.1
2006 1.0 90.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.9
Percentage change -83.9 ... -100.0 -27.4 -100.0 635.5
Africa  
2005 0.3 69.8 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0
2006 0.5 37.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0
Percentage change 66.2 ... -100.0 156.4 ... ...
Asia, Oceania  
2005 95.8 92.7 22.8 0.2 0.7 72.1
2006 65.5 99.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 65.3
Percentage change -31.7 ... -99.6 -100.0 -85.0 -9.5
South America, Central America and Antilles  
2005 19.7 64.5 10.0 7.6 0.0 2.0
2006 38.7 45.9 7.9 30.1 0.0 0.6
Percentage change 96.1 ... -21.5 295.0 ... -68.4
United States - Atlantic and Gulf  
2005 10.7 97.6 10.6 0.1 0.0 0.1
2006 68.7 33.1 68.5 0.2 0.0 0.0
Percentage change 540.1 ... 548.8 111.0 ... -100.0
United States - Great Lakes  
2005 0.6 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.0
2006 1.3 0.0 0.8 0.5 0.0 0.0
Percentage change 104.4 ... ... -25.4 ... ...
United States - Pacific  
2005 8.0 27.8 0.1 0.0 0.0 7.9
2006 5.9 5.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.9
Percentage change -25.9 ... -100.0 ... ... -25.0
Total Foreign Regions  
2005 334.6 84.1 65.8 163.7 3.7 101.4
2006 383.9 74.6 103.5 207.2 0.1 73.1
Percentage change 14.7 ... 57.3 26.6 -97.2 -27.9