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In February, Chinese seaports handled 301.5 million tons of international goods (-5.0% percent)
The container traffic amounted to 17.3 million teu (+ 4.1%)
March 17, 2022
If the total traffic handled by Chinese ports last month increased 5.3% percent in February 2021, it amounted to 1.06 billion tonnes compared with 1.00 billion in February 2021, the only commercial traffic with the Chinese ports have contracted for the second consecutive month to 336.2 million tonnes, down -5.7% percent from 356.5 million tonnes in February 2021. It is necessary to report that the Chinese New Year holidays, usually celebrated for 15 days since the day of festivities with the closure of major national economic activities, this year was celebrated in the first February and 12 February in 2021.
Last month alone Chinese seaports handled 709.9 million tonnes of cargo (+ 2.8%), of which 301.5 million tonnes of international goods (-5.0%), while inland ports handled 347.1 million tonnes. (+ 11.0%), of which 34.7 million tons of international cargo (-11.1%).
Relatively to container traffic alone, in February 2022 Chinese ports handled a total of 19.4 million teu (+ 4.6%), of which 17.3 million teu in seaports (+ 4.1%) and nearly 2.2 million teu in inland ports (+ 9.0%). The most consistent volumes of containerized traffic were handled by the ports of Shanghai with 3.8 million teu (+ 11.7%), Ningbo-Zhoushan with 2.3 million teu (-0.9%), Shenzhen with 1.8 million teu (-13.3%), Qingdao with 1.6 million teu (+ 6.5%), Guangzhou with 1.5 million teu (+ 7.0%) and Tianjin with 1.2 million teu (+ 0.8%).
In the first half of 2022, Chinese port scans handled a total of 2.36 billion tonnes of cargo, with a 2.7% percent progression over the same period last year, of which 1.57 billion tonnes of cargo was handled by ports. mariners (+ 2.7%) and 786.8 million from inland ports (+ 2.6%). The only foreign traffic totaled by Chinese ports was 734.6 million tonnes (-3.9%), of which 663.7 million were in seaports (-2.7%) and 71.0 million tonnes in inland ports (-14.0%).
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If the total traffic handled by Chinese ports last month increased 5.3% percent in February 2021, it amounted to 1.06 billion tonnes compared with 1.00 billion in February 2021, the only commercial traffic with the Chinese ports have contracted for the second consecutive month to 336.2 million tonnes, down -5.7% percent from 356.5 million tonnes in February 2021. It is necessary to report that the Chinese New Year holidays, usually celebrated for 15 days since the day of festivities with the closure of major national economic activities, this year was celebrated in the first February and 12 February in 2021. 
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