Total throughput of China’s sea and river ports in 8M’2023 rose by 8.4% YoY
In August, total throughput of Chinese ports rose by 12.1%
In January-August 2023, sea and river ports of China increased their cargo throughput by 8.4%, year-on-year, to 11.1 billion tonnes, China’s National Bureau of Statistics said. In the reported period, throughput of Chinese seaports grew by 7.4%, year-on-year, to 7.17 billion tonnes.
The volume of freight handled in August rose by 12.1% to 1.48 billion tonnes, the volume of freight handled by seaports rose by 9.8% to 938 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.
