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China's cargo, container throughput at ports up in first 11 months of 2023

A cargo ship at a smart container terminal of Tianjin Port in north China's Tianjin. Photo by Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo.
A cargo ship at a smart container terminal of Tianjin Port in north China's Tianjin. Photo by Xinhua/Zhao Zishuo.

China's cargo and container throughput at ports logged robust expansion during the first 11 months of 2023, official data showed. This was reported by The Xinhua News Agency.

The country's cargo throughput at ports totaled 15.51 billion tonnes during the period, up 8.4 percent year on year, according to the Ministry of Transport.

Specifically, foreign trade cargo throughput at the ports rose 9.6 percent over one year earlier, according to the ministry.

In the same period, China's ports handled 280 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs) of containers, climbing 4.9 percent year on year.

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