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Katherine Si | Nov 04, 2021

Export container volume dropped 3.3% while the domestic volume declined 14.2% in mid-October. Some of the ports shut operation temporarily due to bad weather.

Cargo throughput at major coastal hub ports dropped 4.9% year on year while international trade cargo throughput also declined 3.1%.

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Decreasing of crude oil shipments at major coastal ports further expanded to 14.4% year-on-year. Port inventory declined 13.3%.

Metal ore shipments at major Chinese ports declined 10.5% while the port inventory increased 16.9%.

In mid-October, cargo throughput and container volume at three major Yangtze river ports, Nanjing, Wuhan and Chongqing, dropped 21.2% and 3.1% year on year, respectively.