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BITRE | Waterline 44cent at Brisbane and decreased by 5 per cent at Melbourne and 2 per cent at Adelaide.They increased by 10 per cent at Sydney, one percent at Brisbane and 6 per cent atFremantle. Export costs decreased by 5 per cent at Brisbane and by 4 per cent atMelbourne. They increased by 8 per cent at Sydney, 2 per cent at Adelaide and 5 percent at Fremantle.These results should be interpreted with caution. The use of a single stevedoringcharge for all ports reflects the scope of the available information, which is notdisaggregated on an individual port basis. In practice, container stevedoring chargestend to vary between ports.National indexFigure 3.1 provides the national port interface cost index for ships in the 15 000 to20 000 GT range from 1993 onwards. In current prices, the national index for importsincreased from $772 per in January–June 2007 to $789 in July–December 2007 , and theindex for exports increased from $733 per TEU to $740 per TEU.In real terms (2001 prices), the national cost index per import increased from $629 perTEU to $638 per TEU and for exports from $596 to $598 per TEU.Table 3.6 shows the national port interface cost index from January–June 2003 forships in the 35 000 to 40 000 GT range. The national index for imports increased from$766 per TEU in January–June 2007 to $781 per TEU in July–December 2007 in currentprices. The index for exports increased from $726 per TEU to $732 per TEU in currentprices.In real terms (2001 prices), the national cost index for imports increased from $623per TEU to $631 per TEU and for exports from $591 to $592 per TEU.30