Total throughput of China’s sea and river ports in 4M’2023 climbed by 7.6% YoY to 5.28 million tonnes
Throughput of seaports rose by 6.8%
In January-April 2023, sea and river ports of China increased their cargo throughput by 7.6%, year-on-year, to 5.28 billion tonnes, China’s National Bureau of Statistics said. In the reported period, throughput of Chinese seaports grew by 6.8%, year-on-year, to 3.46 billion tonnes.
The volume of freight handled in April rose by 11.8% to 1.42 billion tonnes, the volume of freight handled by seaports rose by 10.6% to 914 million tonnes.
In 2022, sea and river ports of China increased their cargo throughput by 0.9%, year-on-year, to 15.68 billion tonnes.