15-30 Waterway Freight Traffic Carried by Enterprises Directly under Ministry

of Communications by Typed of Freight

 

Item

1996

1997

Freight

Traffic

(10 000tons)

Freight

Ton-

kilometers

( million ton-km)

Average

Shipping

Distance

(km)

Freight

Traffic

(10 000tons)

Freight

Ton-

kilometers

( million ton-km)

Average

Shipping

Distance

(km)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

33434

1476443

4416

34666

1625927

4690

Coal

9287

250339

2696

8573

262670

3064

Petroleum

7767

12705

164

8305

128785

1551

Metal Ores

4667

200510

4296

5300

251684

4748

Steel and Iron

1112

102845

9249

1356

124784

9202

Mineral Building

824

6471

785

836

7439

890

Materials

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cement

227

11891

5238

230

10244

4458

Timber

190

11267

5930

194

8143

4191

Nonmetal Ores

1256

69982

5572

1279

83179

6503

Chemical Fertilizers and Pesticides

721

91635

12709

886

123333

13914

Salt

118

3179

2694

142

6019

4253

Grain

1901

239180

12582

1948

232027

11913

Others

5364

476440

8882

5617

387621

6901