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THOUSAND METRIC TONNES [1 record]

Record 1 2002-04-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

Lower beef and pork prices have helped maintain U.S. meat exports, despite the appreciation of the U.S. dollar relative to most currencies in Asia. Japanese beef imports from the United States reached 135.4 thousand metric tons (tmt) by May of this year, on track for annual imports of approximately 320 tmt.

Key term(s)
  • thousand metric tons
  • thousand metric tonnes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
CONT

De janvier à octobre 2000, le volume total des importations japonaises de poisson et de produits de la pêche a augmenté de 3,1 %, passant de 2 771 milliers de tonnes métriques (tm) en 1999 à 2 857 milliers de tm en 2000.

OBS

Ne pas utiliser l'abréviation «Mtm» qui signifie «million de tonne métrique».

OBS

tonne [t] : En français, l'expression «tonne métrique» [t ou tm] permet d'éviter la confusion possible avec la tonne impériale.

Key term(s)
  • milliers de tonnes métriques

Spanish

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