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International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded and unloaded annual variation and containerization rate by foreign region and country

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International shipping – Cargo tonnage loaded and unloaded annual variation and containerization rate by foreign region and country
  Cargo loaded Cargo unloaded
Tonnage Containerized Tonnage Containerized
2009 2010 Variation 2009 2010 2009 2010 Variation 2009 2010
  '000 t % '000 t %
Total foreign countries 197,338.6 219,448.7 11.2 10.7 9.9 104,414.2 114,125.9 9.3 13.2 14.8
Europe 31,258.1 35,758.1 14.4 15.5 15.8 20,665.7 20,321.4 -1.7 21.4 26.7
Albania 0.9 0.5 -43.1 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Belgium 3,397.8 3,880.8 14.2 31.7 34.3 1,738.3 2,126.8 22.3 64.8 57.2
Bulgaria 156.3 72.2 -53.8 2.0 2.1 20.8 1.0 -95.4 12.6 100.0
Croatia 3.0 2.0 -33.2 100.0 100.0 0.3 0.2 -21.0 100.0 100.0
Denmark 59.5 143.4 140.8 9.8 2.2 396.5 255.4 -35.6 2.5 10.3
Estonia 4.3 0.0 -100.0 5.9 100.0 62.9 154.5 145.7 0.0 0.0
Finland 417.6 538.4 28.9 1.3 0.8 140.2 375.0 167.5 0.2 0.1
France 4,481.3 4,287.7 -4.3 4.4 3.7 703.5 644.3 -8.4 53.3 61.2
Georgia 3.7 0.5 -86.2 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... 100.0
Germany 4,660.9 4,415.9 -5.3 31.7 30.7 1,297.4 1,818.1 40.1 86.6 73.6
Gibraltar 157.3 42.4 -73.0 0.4 0.0 176.0 287.7 63.5 0.0 29.7
Greece 21.7 102.2 370.6 100.0 21.8 306.4 424.0 38.4 8.3 6.8
Greenland 0.4 1.8 317.0 18.1 0.0 60.0 38.9 -35.2 0.0 0.0
Iceland 35.7 85.0 138.0 87.9 33.8 10.7 13.8 28.3 100.0 96.8
Ireland 44.2 106.8 141.7 54.3 16.4 13.2 6.2 -53.1 96.6 100.0
Italy 3,092.7 3,987.8 28.9 20.4 14.8 891.0 1,082.1 21.4 86.5 76.8
Latvia 0.1 0.1 4.2 100.0 100.0 142.9 87.5 -38.8 1.0 0.7
Lithuania 13.1 32.2 146.4 10.4 6.9 250.3 360.3 43.9 0.0 0.0
Malta and Gozo 0.3 0.1 -51.9 100.0 100.0 3.0 43.5 1,364.0 0.0 0.0
Netherlands 7,558.2 10,155.3 34.4 2.8 2.8 1,249.4 832.3 -33.4 23.7 38.3
Norway 226.9 305.6 34.7 1.6 0.3 5,371.6 3,595.2 -33.1 0.0 0.1
Poland 242.6 75.6 -68.9 2.5 3.9 33.1 247.6 647.3 1.3 0.9
Portugal 251.4 297.2 18.2 22.0 12.4 152.7 177.8 16.5 33.0 39.1
Romania 165.9 112.7 -32.1 1.4 3.0 6.6 102.5 1,458.7 54.3 1.8
Russia 109.3 287.6 163.0 66.9 22.2 4,039.8 4,051.4 0.3 0.1 0.1
Slovenia 23.4 0.3 -98.9 2.6 100.0 0.3 23.7 8,591.6 100.0 0.8
Spain 2,759.4 2,818.2 2.1 8.2 36.0 562.1 948.7 68.8 35.5 58.1
St Pierre And Miquelon 92.5 51.2 -44.7 17.2 33.7 1.3 2.0 58.7 71.3 94.6
Sweden 64.8 109.1 68.3 45.4 30.3 657.8 632.5 -3.8 4.5 7.5
Ukraine 14.0 19.4 39.0 100.0 100.0 502.1 316.2 -37.0 0.1 0.1
United Kingdom 3,175.5 3,826.1 20.5 22.5 16.8 1,875.6 1,672.3 -10.8 20.7 28.2
Yugoslavia 0.0 0.0 ... 100.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Middle East 7,782.0 6,671.0 -14.3 9.8 11.1 7,225.1 8,525.4 18.0 3.1 2.1
Bahrain 4.8 156.1 3,135.0 100.0 3.7 0.3 0.0 -100.0 100.0 100.0
Cyprus 3.4 2.3 -32.2 100.0 100.0 133.8 0.0 -100.0 0.3 100.0
Djibouti 0.9 0.9 3.9 100.0 100.0 0.2 0.0 -100.0 100.0 100.0
Ethiopia 0.0 0.0 ... ... ... 0.0 0.0 ... 100.0 100.0
Iran 884.4 108.2 -87.8 2.5 13.9 4.7 4.4 -8.0 100.0 100.0
Iraq 1,372.6 616.2 -55.1 0.1 0.1 145.2 1,576.9 985.7 0.0 0.0
Israel 245.4 422.2 72.1 61.8 45.8 69.2 62.9 -9.1 100.0 100.0
Jordan 27.1 29.7 9.8 100.0 100.0 0.3 1.3 322.3 100.0 100.0
Kuwait 21.0 21.6 2.7 100.0 100.0 0.1 41.7 41,222.8 100.0 0.1
Lebanon 22.8 11.2 -51.0 100.0 100.0 2.5 1.1 -55.1 100.0 100.0
Oman 5.0 16.1 221.2 100.0 37.4 1.3 10.0 692.4 100.0 0.5
Qatar 306.0 155.5 -49.2 1.6 1.3 95.6 410.6 329.6 2.3 0.0
Saudi Arabia 1,978.5 1,204.0 -39.1 7.9 14.6 2,820.7 3,898.2 38.2 0.1 0.0
Sudan 296.8 364.5 22.8 2.8 1.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Syria 34.4 124.2 261.0 100.0 8.6 0.1 15.0 28,705.8 100.0 0.0
Turkey 1,682.3 1,905.7 13.3 5.9 5.3 3,937.6 2,309.8 -41.3 3.2 4.2
United Arabi Emirates 887.1 1,516.6 71.0 21.9 9.8 13.4 193.4 1,348.2 100.0 6.4
Yemen 9.5 16.0 67.5 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... 100.0 100.0
Africa 5,149.8 5,269.1 2.3 7.2 4.8 18,497.8 20,226.9 9.3 0.2 0.3
Algeria 565.3 720.7 27.5 12.2 6.5 4,876.5 4,908.3 0.7 0.0 0.0
Angola 303.0 34.5 -88.6 3.1 21.0 5,858.9 5,243.3 -10.5 0.0 0.0
Benin 2.6 4.1 54.6 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Cameroon 62.1 36.1 -41.8 5.7 3.9 0.0 0.2 216.0 100.0 100.0
Congo 0.4 0.1 -86.5 100.0 100.0 544.9 550.6 1.1 0.0 0.0
Egypt (Africa) 1,383.0 1,544.3 11.7 9.6 5.1 154.9 155.8 0.6 0.8 1.1
French Africa 0.3 0.1 -63.9 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Gabon 0.4 0.3 -28.5 100.0 100.0 0.0 5.4 ... ... 0.0
Gambia 0.4 0.3 -21.7 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Ghana 209.8 237.4 13.1 3.4 4.4 2.5 125.5 4,860.5 100.0 0.4
Guinea 1.1 0.8 -23.9 100.0 100.0 1,446.5 1,678.9 16.1 0.0 0.0
Ivory Coast 53.2 51.0 -4.1 11.6 4.4 285.7 179.0 -37.3 0.1 0.1
Kenya 44.7 52.0 16.2 43.4 31.6 4.9 2.5 -49.3 100.0 100.0
Liberia 0.6 0.6 -4.2 100.0 97.7 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Libya (Africa) 260.9 355.0 36.1 3.3 1.0 1,075.3 522.9 -51.4 0.0 0.0
Mauritania 0.1 0.1 17.3 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Mauritius 0.3 1.0 240.4 100.0 100.0 0.0 5.5 ... 100.0 2.9
Morocco 760.9 580.0 -23.8 2.8 3.5 14.8 43.5 193.6 8.6 62.0
Mozambique 5.8 3.2 -45.0 100.0 100.0 0.1 0.3 142.4 100.0 100.0
Namibia 27.8 8.5 -69.5 0.9 3.6 12.4 2.8 -77.2 23.1 98.3
Nigeria 212.6 233.7 9.9 2.7 1.8 3,100.0 5,654.3 82.4 0.0 0.0
Portuguese Africa 0.3 0.0 -100.0 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Senegal 95.3 171.3 79.7 7.0 1.1 133.0 0.0 -100.0 0.0 100.0
Sierra Leone 0.7 1.1 51.9 100.0 100.0 99.9 0.0 -100.0 0.0 ...
South Africa 846.6 957.2 13.1 5.4 3.4 234.5 122.1 -48.0 7.2 23.0
Spanish Africa 43.5 0.3 -99.4 5.6 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... 100.0 ...
Togo 33.6 8.9 -73.6 7.5 9.7 0.0 0.0 ... 100.0 100.0
Tunisia 225.4 221.7 -1.6 2.6 2.0 35.0 11.8 -66.3 8.4 21.0
United Republic of Tanzania 7.4 42.6 474.0 100.0 19.8 1.1 0.5 -50.6 100.0 100.0
Asia 72,376.4 84,141.3 16.3 18.7 15.9 10,741.1 12,965.4 20.7 77.1 79.5
Bangladesh 1,217.2 1,811.8 48.9 14.8 5.6 21.7 11.4 -47.5 100.0 100.0
Cambodia 0.7 0.9 35.5 100.0 100.0 13.6 21.1 55.2 100.0 100.0
Hong Kong 599.7 696.5 16.2 93.3 84.9 528.2 673.4 27.5 100.0 100.0
India 3,298.8 2,920.2 -11.5 22.3 17.1 187.6 204.3 8.9 63.1 60.8
Indonesia 1,826.4 2,341.0 28.2 22.3 20.5 456.0 159.0 -65.1 28.4 100.0
Japan 18,008.5 21,413.3 18.9 12.8 12.1 1,086.8 1,207.2 11.1 54.0 33.2
Malaysia 684.8 1,092.7 59.6 27.7 20.5 120.4 167.3 39.0 99.5 100.0
Myanmar 0.0 0.0 ... 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
North Korea 0.0 0.0 ... ... ... 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Pakistan 763.0 975.0 27.8 25.6 14.3 7.5 8.1 8.5 100.0 100.0
Papua New Guinea 0.1 11.3 9,473.7 100.0 4.4 0.0 0.0 ... ... 100.0
People Republic of China 30,096.1 33,164.9 10.2 21.2 18.5 5,348.5 7,253.8 35.6 92.2 91.4
Philippines 649.1 688.9 6.1 37.2 36.0 59.2 71.9 21.6 100.0 100.0
Portuguese Asia 0.0 0.0 ... ... ... 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Singapore 492.4 491.6 -0.2 54.6 52.3 182.9 386.9 111.5 86.7 42.8
South Korea 10,540.6 13,869.6 31.6 7.5 4.8 1,504.9 1,456.7 -3.2 44.4 52.4
Sri Lanka 1,027.3 1,130.4 10.0 15.4 17.9 136.9 127.8 -6.6 100.0 100.0
Taiwan 2,140.0 2,423.5 13.2 33.5 33.2 475.3 469.6 -1.2 63.5 84.0
Thailand 718.2 849.0 18.2 37.1 36.0 475.0 567.1 19.4 77.3 72.3
Vietnam 313.6 260.6 -16.9 43.2 57.5 136.7 179.7 31.4 95.1 100.0
Oceania 1,187.7 1,251.5 5.4 13.8 13.3 936.6 776.5 -17.1 12.3 25.4
Australia 960.0 848.9 -11.6 13.0 14.0 886.9 727.5 -18.0 9.3 22.5
Fiji 1.5 1.8 15.7 100.0 100.0 0.2 0.2 -13.9 100.0 100.0
French Oceania 45.8 56.5 23.5 3.3 7.1 0.0 0.8 ... 100.0 100.0
Marshall Islands 0.0 0.0 ... ... ... 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
New Zealand 177.9 341.5 92.0 18.5 11.6 49.5 47.8 -3.4 65.6 68.7
Oceania 2.2 2.7 22.2 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
South America 6,327.9 9,940.1 57.1 9.2 5.5 10,784.6 13,012.3 20.7 3.3 2.0
Argentina 29.1 101.5 249.1 49.4 8.1 201.7 110.0 -45.4 18.7 15.8
Brazil 2,124.9 4,288.0 101.8 6.3 2.9 5,104.2 6,745.2 32.2 1.5 1.0
Chile 956.0 1,615.5 69.0 7.8 4.9 422.2 395.7 -6.3 38.6 30.8
Colombia 778.0 975.5 25.4 19.1 17.4 2,032.1 2,283.2 12.4 1.5 0.7
Ecuador 451.5 539.1 19.4 9.6 5.3 3.5 2.8 -21.4 100.0 100.0
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) 0.0 0.0 ... ... ... 1.9 0.0 -100.0 0.0 ...
Guyana 53.5 40.5 -24.4 3.8 1.5 28.0 14.5 -48.5 0.0 0.2
Paraguay 0.8 0.5 -33.4 100.0 100.0 0.2 0.2 -12.5 100.0 100.0
Peru 699.4 905.0 29.4 10.2 7.2 465.0 702.4 51.0 8.2 3.6
Surinam 1.4 0.8 -44.2 100.0 100.0 248.0 292.5 17.9 0.0 0.0
Uruguay 6.1 13.6 124.6 100.0 40.1 643.2 627.3 -2.5 0.7 0.9
Venezuela 1,220.2 1,451.7 19.0 7.0 4.5 1,634.5 1,838.6 12.5 0.0 0.0
Central America and Antilles 5,636.4 7,855.2 39.4 11.3 11.3 4,252.6 3,953.6 -7.0 6.6 10.5
Bahamas 99.8 403.2 304.1 17.6 26.3 240.7 218.5 -9.2 1.9 42.1
Barbados 6.2 3.1 -49.1 10.8 6.9 0.0 0.0 -100.0 100.0 ...
Belize 0.1 0.0 -100.0 100.0 ... 0.0 0.0 ... 100.0 ...
Bermuda 51.1 27.5 -46.1 0.0 0.0 83.2 98.1 18.0 0.0 0.0
Costa Rica 37.7 92.0 143.9 26.2 9.3 0.7 58.5 8,658.7 78.3 0.8
Cuba 446.5 561.2 25.7 10.5 6.3 75.3 117.4 56.0 5.1 14.6
Dominican Republic 191.3 270.0 41.1 20.6 58.9 0.0 95.4 ... 100.0 68.6
El Salvador 34.3 21.5 -37.4 19.3 41.0 23.3 111.5 379.6 0.7 0.2
French West Indie 2.4 1.3 -43.1 100.0 100.0 0.0 0.0 ... ... ...
Guatemala 103.0 139.9 35.8 41.0 23.6 151.8 150.2 -1.0 12.8 5.9
Haiti 28.3 3.2 -88.8 32.4 92.8 6.9 0.0 -100.0 0.0 ...
Honduras 20.5 40.9 99.6 44.3 14.0 15.0 27.4 82.3 33.5 9.2
Jamaica 194.5 270.5 39.0 86.3 97.9 569.2 560.7 -1.5 9.9 10.7
Leeward Island, Lesser Antilles 144.6 81.8 -43.5 2.9 0.2 38.5 0.0 -100.0 0.0 ...
Mexico 2,496.3 3,179.6 27.4 1.9 1.5 929.1 727.4 -21.7 13.5 12.5
Netherlands Antilles 55.6 42.4 -23.7 0.2 0.1 560.0 83.6 -85.1 0.0 0.1
Nicaragua 17.7 8.8 -50.0 36.1 22.2 0.6 0.8 38.9 100.0 100.0
Panama 139.4 74.2 -46.8 28.2 42.2 110.7 67.8 -38.7 49.9 99.6
Puerto Rico 341.4 558.4 63.6 40.5 24.5 12.5 7.7 -38.2 12.2 23.3
Trinidad and Tobago 1,200.3 2,039.9 70.0 1.8 0.4 1,265.7 1,302.7 2.9 0.0 0.0
United States - Virgin Islands 25.5 35.7 40.3 100.0 100.0 169.3 325.8 92.5 4.1 1.8
United States - Atlantic and Gulf 44,069.0 45,302.8 2.8 0.3 0.4 6,724.2 6,211.0 -7.6 0.2 0.1
United States - Great Lakes 14,441.8 14,040.6 -2.8 0.0 0.0 20,502.0 24,552.8 19.8 0.0 0.0
United States - Pacific 9,109.4 9,219.0 1.2 0.1 0.2 4,084.6 3,580.4 -12.3 0.8 0.7
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