In the third quarter of this year, for the fourth period consecutive quarterly, the traffic of goods in the ports of the Turkey decreased to EUR 130.9 million of tons, with a decrease of -3,3% on the period July-September of 2022. Only imports grew with 64.0 million tons (+4.9%), while exports are decreased of the -11.1% to 34,1 million tons and in reduction are The volumes of cabotage and transit traffic also results attested respective to 16,0 million tons (- 5.6%) and 16,8 million tons (- 11.9%). In the container sector alone The total traffic has recorded an increment of +10.3% having been pairs to almost 3,3 million teu.

As in the previous quarter, in the period July-September this year was in strong decrease in traffic handled by Turkish ports to and from Italy that has totaled 10,3 million tons (- 28.6%), with a single containerized trade that was equal to 135 thousand TEU, with a decrease of -0,9% that is resulting from the trend changes of -27.5%, +4.7% and +24.8% respectively in the last months of July, August and September.

In the first nine months of 2023 the traffic in Turkish ports is overall of 391.8 million tonnes, with a reduction of -4.2% on the same period last year, of which 194.6 million tons in import (+7.2%), 98,0 million tons in export (- 14.8%), 47,5 million tons in Cabotage (- 8.0%) and 51,7 million tons in transit (-14,8%). Container traffic was equal altogether less than 9,4 million teu (+0.2%).

In the period January-September of this year the traffic of goods with Italy was 34.6 million tons (- 23.0%), with a single flow of container pairs to 412 thousand teu (-14,1%).