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Table 19-1
International shipping – Tonnage of containerized and total cargo — Loaded

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Loaded
  Containerized Total
2005 2006 2005 2006
  '000 t
Total commodities 16,935.2 17,421.0 201,753.8 206,007.7
Agriculture and food products 4,490.3 4,650.4 28,524.9 32,997.3
Wheat 74.0 49.9 13,269.1 16,243.8
Corn 24.9 23.3 219.2 248.3
Barley 19.3 1.8 1,844.4 1,268.7
Rye, oats and other cereal grains 76.5 114.8 303.9 398.2
Fresh, chilled or dried vegetables 1,387.6 1,561.3 2,519.6 2,867.3
Fresh, chilled or dried fruit and nuts 69.6 78.0 74.9 80.0
Colza seeds (canola) 2.2 5.1 3,417.0 4,856.8
Other oil seeds and nuts and other agricultural products 612.1 671.4 2,340.5 2,684.3
Feed, cereal straw, eggs and other animal products 763.7 746.3 1,784.5 1,533.5
Meat, fish, seafood, and preparations 633.9 620.3 1,125.9 1,144.6
Milled grain products and preparations, and bakery products 359.8 301.5 459.5 416.4
Animal or vegetable fats, oils and flours 60.7 45.9 651.5 721.5
Sugar 33.7 31.8 33.7 31.8
Prepared foodstuffs (not elsewhere classified) 296.3 310.1 404.9 413.0
Alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages 75.9 88.9 76.3 89.1
Minerals 477.4 427.5 61,968.4 65,659.1
Limestone 0.0 0.0 3,077.3 2,745.7
Stone, sand, gravel and crushed stone 84.0 81.2 10,894.3 12,120.0
Salt 3.3 2.4 4,034.7 3,980.7
Sulphur 12.6 0.8 6,251.8 6,045.5
Other non-metallic minerals 340.6 299.6 8,622.3 8,594.6
Iron ores and concentrates 0.8 0.7 27,482.2 30,481.5
Copper ores and concentrates 2.0 0.4 779.8 750.6
Aluminum ores (bauxite) 0.6 3.3 0.6 111.7
Other metallic ores and concentrates 33.6 39.1 825.6 828.8
Coal 0.1 1.3 26,519.1 26,887.1
Coal 0.1 1.3 26,519.1 26,887.1
Fuels and basic chemicals 377.7 394.6 52,890.9 49,693.1
Crude petroleum 0.5 3.2 23,734.6 22,221.7
Fuel oils 1.1 0.7 8,045.3 8,640.3
Gasoline and aviation turbine fuel 0.3 0.1 8,149.1 7,269.7
Coal coke and petroleum coke 1.1 0.6 859.9 1,239.5
Other refined petroleum and coal products 28.7 33.6 1,466.7 1,174.3
Alumina 5.1 6.4 5.1 6.4
Other basic chemicals 321.9 338.7 3,388.8 3,194.7
Potash 2.4 1.4 6,855.9 5,794.1
Fertilizers (excluding potash) 16.6 9.8 385.6 152.4
Forest and wood products 1,935.2 2,172.2 8,485.3 8,052.8
Logs and other wood in the rough 323.5 336.2 4,477.3 3,831.7
Wood chips 7.3 25.0 529.4 717.4
Lumber 1,453.8 1,619.5 3,252.9 3,182.2
Other wood products (plywood, veneer) 150.6 191.6 225.7 321.5
Pulp and paper products 3,580.0 3,987.0 10,060.0 9,641.8
Wood pulp 2,495.7 2,813.3 6,936.3 6,658.2
Newsprint 596.5 729.0 2,358.8 2,244.7
Paper and paperboard, except printed products 487.7 444.7 764.9 738.8
Primary and fabricated metal products 841.0 739.9 1,862.5 1,791.5
Iron and steel - primary or semi-finished 338.6 219.5 811.6 602.7
Other non-ferrous metal - primary or semi-finished 221.2 234.0 716.3 804.9
Articles of base metal 281.2 286.4 334.6 383.9
Machinery and transportation equipment 818.5 817.0 874.9 863.0
Machinery 487.3 427.3 525.4 458.1
Vehicles and parts and accessories 331.2 389.8 349.5 404.9
Manufactured and miscellaneous goods 4,415.0 4,231.2 10,567.8 10,421.8
Other chemical products and preparations 178.7 220.3 183.0 279.2
Plastic and rubber 502.8 503.3 504.9 503.7
Cement 1.5 3.9 3,453.5 3,166.2
Other non-metallic mineral products 141.0 189.5 203.1 191.2
Metallic waste and scrap 338.7 388.5 2,881.8 3,271.3
Non-metallic waste and scrap 725.1 727.7 725.1 756.7
Other manufactured and miscellaneous goods 2,514.8 2,183.3 2,579.7 2,236.9
Mixed loads or unidentified freight or cargo 12.3 14.8 36.6 16.6