In 2023, China's river ports and sea ports handled 6.14 billion and 10.84 billion metric tons of cargo. Over the past 16 years, cargo throughput at China's ports has increased 1.2 times from seven billion metric tons in 2008.
Cargo throughput at China's ports from 2008 to 2023, by port type
(in billion metric tons)
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Ministry of Transport of China. (June 18, 2024). Cargo throughput at China's ports from 2008 to 2023, by port type (in billion metric tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 05, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/258323/volume-of-handled-goods-in-chinese-seaports-and-river-ports/
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