Container volume at eight major Chinese ports increased 5.8% year-on-year for early December 2022.

Export container volume increased 5.5% year-on-year, while the inland container volume grew some 6.8%. Loaded containers for foreign trading in the Yangtze river delta and Pearl river delta regions dropped around 13% and 20% year-on-year, respectively.

Cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports rose 3.07%. International trade cargo throughput dropped 1.95% and domestic volume grew 7.64%.

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Crude oil shipments at major coastal ports declined 0.5% year-on-year. Among which the port of Dalian posted the highest growth rate of 96.9%.

Metal ore shipments at major Chinese ports increased 4.7% while the port inventory dropped 1.55%。

In early December, the three major Yangtze river ports, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing posted 18.9% and 4.4% growth rate for cargo throughput and container volume, respectively.