Valenciaport ended the month of November with a 1.46% increase in the total traffic of goods handled through the three ports managed by the Port Authority of Valencia (Valencia, Sagunto and Gandia).
In total, during this period, 65,383,063 tonnes have been handled. Foreign trade increased with import-export rising by 1.15% to a total traffic of 19,602,704 tonnes. Imports increased by 4.49%, to a total of 7,099,586 tonnes, thanks to good registrations of countries such as the United States (+ 8.08%) and India (+ 28.16%). On the other hand, exports fell by 0.65% to 12,503,118 tonnes on the back of data from countries such as Italy (-5.34%), Saudi Arabia (-20.48%) and Morocco (-0.07 %). On a positive note, Valenciaport’s exports to China and the United States increased by 7.31% and 9.28% respectively. In terms of overall traffic, figures increased by 1.39% during this period.
Container traffic consolidated its upward trend with an increase of 1.81% over the same period of the previous year. In total, 4,330,572 TEUs were handled this period. These positive figures were due to an increase in foreign container traffic, which rose by 4.18%. Specifically, containerized exports rose by 4.19% to 1,009,386 TEUs while imports increased by 4.16% to 1,011,764 TEUs. Transit traffic decreased by 0.18%.
Containerised general cargo recorded a rise of 2.58%, with total traffic standing at 49,288,001 tonnes. This growth is motivated by goods such as construction materials which rose by 0.53% to 4.84 million tonnes; other goods which went up by 5.21% to 1.94 million tonnes; and chemical products which increase by 9.56% to 1.65 million tonnes.