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CHAPTER 4The main export commodities are grain, general cargo, gypsum, vegetables, legumes,oilseeds, scrap metal, concentrates, lead, zinc, copper, uranium, salt, fruit, cars, stockfeed, timber, soda ash <strong>and</strong> iron <strong>and</strong> steel; whereas the main import commodities arepetroleum, gas, general cargo, fertilisers, iron <strong>and</strong> steel, sulphur, chemicals <strong>and</strong> cars.The main fifteen export destination countries are New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, Saudi Arabia, Egypt,the United Kingdom, Canada, Indonesia, United Arab Emirates, China, Malaysia,Japan, Bangladesh, South Korea, Pakistan, Thail<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Kuwait; whereas the mainfifteen import origin countries are Singapore, the USA – West Coast, Japan, Canada –West Coast, Malaysia, China, New Zeal<strong>and</strong>, Qatar, South Korea, Bahrain, Belgium,Germany, Indonesia, India <strong>and</strong> France.Around 45 per cent <strong>of</strong> Adelaide’s total exports are presently shipped through MelbournePort, as Adelaide does not have direct shipping services to North America <strong>and</strong> NorthAsia. This also adversely influences Adelaide’s imports.Non-containerised trade consists <strong>of</strong> heavy <strong>and</strong> low-value commodities, whereascontainerised trade consists <strong>of</strong> lighter <strong>and</strong> high-value commodities. In 2003-04, noncontainerisedtrade presently accounted for 55 per cent <strong>of</strong> outbound sea trade volume<strong>and</strong> 71 per cent <strong>of</strong> inbound sea trade volume. However, it accounted for 15 per cent <strong>of</strong>outbound sea trade value <strong>and</strong> 26 per cent <strong>of</strong> inbound sea trade value (Figure 4.10).FIGURE 4.10 CARGO SHARES IN OUTBOUND AND INBOUND SEA TRADE VOLUME ANDVALUE, 2003-04: PORT ADELAIDEOutbound sea freightInbound sea freight100100Cargo share (per cent)755025Cargo share (per cent)7550250VolumeValue0VolumeValueContainerisedNon-containerisedContainerisedNon-containerisedContainerised trade <strong>and</strong> ship visitsTotal containerised trade <strong>of</strong> Adelaide Port increased by 8.1 per cent a year in the lastfive years to 171 000 teus in 2004-05 (Figure 4.11 <strong>and</strong> Table 4.16). Exports account for55.0 per cent <strong>of</strong> total containerised trade <strong>and</strong> the remaining 45.0 per cent are imports.59

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