In October 2020, 1.22 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent units) were transported in the Pearl River system in China. Together with the Yangtze River and the Grand Canal as China's three main inland waterways, the Pearl River supports the manufacturing industry and cross border trading in Southern China.
Volume of waterway container cargo throughput of the Pearl River system in China from October 2019 to October 2020
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Ministry of Transport of China. (November 10, 2020). Volume of waterway container cargo throughput of the Pearl River system in China from October 2019 to October 2020 (in million TEU) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040090/china-pearl-river-container-throughput-volume-quarterly/
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Ministry of Transport of China. (2020). Volume of waterway container cargo throughput of the Pearl River system in China from October 2019 to October 2020 (in million TEU). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1040090/china-pearl-river-container-throughput-volume-quarterly/
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