SCOTTISH TRANSPORT STATISTICS No 20: 2001 Edition: page 79


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Table 10.2 Foreign and domestic freight traffic at Scottish ports¹

	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
thousand tonnes
Foreign
Imports	10,119	10,364	10,118	7,832	6,649	7,595\|	5,844	5,489\|	6,124	7,314\|	6,623
Exports	44,684	48,317	47,614	54,063	57,933	75,768\|	71,561	64,034\|	57,561	60,584\|	67,222
Total	54,803	58,681	57,732	61,896	64,582	83,363\|	77,405	69,523\|	63,685	67,897\|	73,845
Domestic
Inwards	7,463	8,076	8,068	7,096	7,394	7,820\|	3,841	5,246\|	6,144	10,846\|	15,652
Outwards	32,088	30,819	30,266	29,595	29,236	32,622\|	35,390	40,430\|	37,945	36,936\|	34,641
Total	39,551	38,895	38,333	36,691	36,630	40,443\|	39,232	45,676\|	44,089	47,782\|	50,293
Total	94,353	97,576	96,065	98,587	101,212	123,806	126,847	125,254	115,069	124,713	130,100

1. For 1995 onwards, the "Foreign" and "Domestic" figures refer to major ports only; the overall total is for all ports.
There were seven major ports in 1995 and 1996, eight major ports in 1997 and 1998 and nine in 1999 so the figures for different years are not directly comparable.

Table 10.3 Foreign and domestic freight traffic by port

Port	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999
thousand tonnes
Stranraer	1,775	1,737	1,751	1,591	1,717	1,813	1,868	1,646	1,794	1,780	1,690
Cairnryan	1,233	1,114	949	1,073	1,234	1,233	1,991	2,025	2,227	2,504	2,437
Ayr	1,042	1,220	1,200	693	467	488	594	636	499	346	229
Clyde	8,928	8,880	8,191	6,193	4,527	6,781	7,573	7,200	7,494	8,127	8,495
Glensanda	3,021	3,320	4,399	4,736	4,855	4,693	4,859	4,486	4,401	5,140	5,217
Other West Coast¹	171	308	303	288	307	323	280	216	293	393	365
Orkney	4,491	8,609	9,164	8,520	11,852	14,097	12,879	11,448	10,483	16,156	16,998
Lerwick	810	744	729	772	909	883	901	800	687	559	486
Sullom Voe	40,667	36,011	35,919	41,430	39,374	38,592	38,335	38,162	32,082	31,109	37,680
Cromarty Firth	1,610	1,386	1,311	992	1,187	2,470	2,264	4,328	3,971	4,456	2,336
Inverness	588	644	658	737	724	778	725	745	769	763	783
Peterhead	1,291	1,594	2,024	1,833	1,467	1,424	1,304	1,458	819	2,818	2,209
Aberdeen	3,164	3,920	4,057	3,979	3,800	3,479	3,644	3,992	4,013	3,786	3,368
Montrose	795	644	614	674	606	609	679	652	616	561	614
Dundee	1,049	1,274	1,208	1,055	983	1,032	1,076	1,150	1,124	1,061	1,072
Perth	356	312	329	271	251	261	238	195	161	240	242
Forth	22,866	25,433	22,864	23,270	26,374	44,359	47,083	45,583	43,102	44,400	45,396
Other East Coast²	496	425	397	481	578	490	554	532	534	514	480
Scotland	94,353	97,576	96,065	98,587	101,212	123,806	126,847	125,254	115,069	124,713	130,100

1. Other West Coast ports are: Troon; Ardrishaig; Corpach; Stornoway; Lochaline
2. Other East Coast ports are: Scrabster; Wick; Burghead; Buckie; MacDuff; Fraserburgh; Inverkeithing

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