Freight volumes at large ports in China up one percent in 2015

In 2015, freight volumes handled at large ports in China totaled 7.84 billion mt, up one percent year on year, with the year-on-year increase rate in question down 4.6 percentage points compared to that recorded in 2014, as announced by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) on January 26.

Meanwhile, in the given year foreign trade accounted for 3.25 billion mt of the total freight volume handled at large ports in China, up 0.7 percent year on year, with the year-on-year increase rate in question down 5.2 percentage points compared to that recorded in 2014.