According to He, China’s port container throughput had increased more than 7% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2010.
In the first quarter of 2009, port container throughput had experienced its first decline in 20 years, which was down 8% year-on-year,
CargoNews Asia reports it soon recovered. Iron ore throughput at China’s domestic ports amounted to 173 million tons in the first quarter, an increase of 16% year-on-year.