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In the first half the traffic of the goods in the Swiss Rhenish ports has grown of 34.7%
The imports are piled to 3.268.594 tons (+43.6%) and the exports to 434.327 tons (- 9.4%)
August 17, 2012
In the first semester of this year the traffic of the goods in the Swiss Rhenish ports has grown of 34.7%. In the ports of call of Basel, managed Birsfelden and Muttenz-Au from the Port of Switzerland in fact 3.702.921 tons of cargos regarding 2.749.940 tons in the first half are enlivened last year. The import traffic has been pairs to 3.268.594 tons (+43.6%) and that in export to 434.327 tons (- 9.4%).
The increase is determined mainly by the increase of the producing imports of oil and coal and from the doubling of the volume of materials from construction. Meaningful it has been also the increase of the traffic of the container. It is necessary however to evidence that in the first semester of the 2011 fluvial traffic on the Rhine it is interrupted almost totally for a month because of an incident (in the first semester of the 2010 traffic is piled to 3.081.488 tons).
In the first six months of the 2012 Swiss Rhenish ports they have enlivened a traffic of the container pairs to 49.967 teu (+11.3%), of which full 30,804 teu (+11.9%) and empty 19,163 teu (+10.4%). The traffic of the container loaded in the fluvial ports for the export is increased of 2.5%, while the import traffic has grown of 22.0%.
In the first semester of the 2012 Swiss ports Rhenish producing oil in import have enlivened 1.901.161 tons of (+85,5%) and 14,405 tons in export (- 88.2%).
The traffic of producing agricultural and alimentary is piled to 412.529 tons, an analogous volume to that of the first half of 2011. The solid fuel imports are doubled attesting itself to 56.129 tons regarding 29.720 tons in the first semester last year. In the field of stones, minerals and materials from construction the imports are increased of 116.4% to 434.572 tons, while the exports have grown of 47.8% to 103.039 tons. The imports of iron and steel are diminished of 10.7% to 218.584 tons, while the exports are increased of 72.8% to 50.721 tons.
The imports of chemicals and pasta of wood are piled to 121.876 tons, with a decrease of 46.3% on the first half of the 2011 that is determined of the closing and the reorganization of the Swiss paper factories happened in the course last year (the imports until the 2010 piled to about 500.000 tons).
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In the first semester of this year the traffic of the goods in the Swiss Rhenish ports has grown of 34.7%. In the ports of call of Basel, managed Birsfelden and Muttenz-Au from the Port of Switzerland in fact 3.702.921 tons of cargos regarding 2.749.940 tons in the first half are enlivened last year. The import traffic has been pairs to 3.268.594 tons (+43.6%) and that in export to 434.327 tons (- 9.4%).
- Via Raffaele Paolucci 17r/19r - 16129 Genoa - ITALY
