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 Vehicles and containers pull increase of general cargo in the ports of Paraná 12/12/2019 - 10:44

The export and Import of General cargo through the ports of Paranaguá and Antonina increased by 7%. From January to November this year were about 10.34 million tons. In the same period, in 2018, there were 9.66 million tons. In this segment, the increase is mainly driven by containers and vehicles.

In the eleven months of the year, there were 794,643 containers handled units (TEUs); 398,648 import and 395,995 export. The number is 12% higher than the one in 2018, both ways. Last year, there were 707,453 units.

The number of vehicles handled by the Port of Paranaguá, from January to November, also increased by 7%. This year, there were 124,723 vehicles, while last year there were 116,899. Considering only November, almost, there were four times more cars exported than imported. In the month, there were 12,443 vehicles exported and 3,745 of imports.

OTHER PRODUCTS - In addition to containers and vehicles, the other products of the general cargo segment in the period in Parana ports are cellulose, bagged sugar and items and parts used in industry and other areas.

The bagged sugar is exported by both ports, Port of Paranaguá and Port of Antonina. By Antonina, the movement of the product also presents high of 7%. This year, from January to November, almost 49,000 tons were exported there. In 2018, there were 45.5 thousand tons.

SEGMENTS - Parana terminals operate in three segments: general cargo, liquid bulk (mainly vegetable oil, petroleum derivatives, methanol and alcohol) and solid bulk (mainly salt, fertilizers, wheat, malt and barley on imports; and soybean, corn , bran and sugar on export).

To date, Paraná's ports have handled more than 49.18 million tons. The volume is 0.6% higher than in the period in 2018, which was 48.88 million.

 

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