Table 10.2 Foreign and domestic freight traffic at Scottish ports1
|
1988 |
1989 |
1990 |
1991 |
1992 |
1993 |
1994 |
1995 |
1996 |
1997 |
1998 |
|
|
thousand tonnes |
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|
Foreign |
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|
Imports |
10,863 |
10,119 |
10,364 |
10,118 |
7,832 |
6,649 |
7,595 | |
5,844 |
5,489 | |
6,124 |
7,314 |
|
Exports |
63,833 |
44,684 |
48,317 |
47,614 |
54,063 |
57,933 |
75,768 | |
71,561 |
64,034 | |
57,561 |
60,584 |
|
Total |
74,697 |
54,803 |
58,681 |
57,732 |
61,896 |
64,582 |
83,363 | |
77,405 |
69,523 | |
63,685 |
67,897 |
|
Domestic |
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|
Inwards |
6,972 |
7,463 |
8,076 |
8,068 |
7,096 |
7,394 |
7,820 | |
3,841 |
5,246 | |
6,144 |
10,846 |
|
Outwards |
32,023 |
32,088 |
30,819 |
30,266 |
29,595 |
29,236 |
32,622 | |
35,390 |
40,430 | |
37,945 |
36,936 |
|
Total |
38,996 |
39,551 |
38,895 |
38,333 |
36,691 |
36,630 |
40,443 | |
39,232 |
45,676 | |
44,089 |
47,782 |
|
Total |
113,693 |
94,353 |
97,576 |
96,065 |
98,587 |
101,212 |
123,806 | |
126,847 |
125,254 | |
115,069 |
124,713 |
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, and eight major ports in 1997 and 1998, so the figures for different years are not directly comparable.