In the first half of this year the Chinese China International Marine Containers (Group) Co. (CIMC) sold containers intermodal products from its own factories for a total of 315 thousand teu, with a strong reduction - the third semiannual consecutive - -57.7% compared to the first half of 2022, decrease which was more pronounced relatively the sale of containers for dry loads, which is turned out pairs to 263 thousand teu (- 61.0%), and was relevant also for the sale of refrigerated containers, which amounted to over 51 thousand teu (- 24.7%).

The contraction in container marketing has occurred verified mainly in the first quarter of 2023 when they are were sold overall less than 95 thousand teu, with a decrease of the -75.5% on the same period last year, while in the quarter Next the sale has totaled 220 thousand teu (- 38.4%).

In the first six months of this year, CIMC's revenues were stood at 60.6 billion yuan ($8.3 billion), with a decrease of -16.0% on the first half of 2022, of which 13.7 billion yuan (- 40.0%) deriving from the sale of containers products from the company. Operating profit was 1.6 billion yuan (- 63.1%) and profit clearly of 990,4 million yuan (-69.4%), with a contribution of € 767.5 million (-74.9%) from the segment of container.