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China's cargo throughput sees stable growth in 2020

February 18, 2021


Abstract : China's ports registered stable growth in cargo throughput last year despite the impact of COVID-19, data from the Ministry of Transport shows.

BEIJING, Feb. 15 (Xinhua) -- China's ports registered stable growth in cargo throughput last year despite the impact of COVID-19, data from the Ministry of Transport shows.

In 2020, the cargo throughput at ports rose 4.3 percent year on year to 14.55 billion tonnes, according to the ministry.

Specifically, the foreign trade cargo throughput came in at 4.5 billion tonnes, up 4 percent year on year, and the cargo throughput for domestic trade climbed 4.4 percent from a year ago to 10.05 billion tonnes.

The country's container throughput at ports in 2020 stood at 260 million twenty-foot equivalent units, a yearly increase of 1.2 percent. Enditem

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