In the January-September period of the current year, freight volumes handled at large ports in China totaled 8.794 billion mt, up 2.2 percent year on year, according to the latest data issued by China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC). In particular, in the given period the foreign trade freight volume handled at large ports in China totaled 2.821 billion mt, rising by 3.6 percent year on year.
Meanwhile, in the given period containers handled at large ports in China amounted to 162.1507 million twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), increasing by 3.5 percent year on year.