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Cargo Statistics: Brazil

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Brazil: First Quarter Port Traffic Up 2.5%

Approximately 224.8 million metric tons of cargo moved through the Brazilian port system during first quarter 2015, an increase from year ago of 2.5 percent, or 5.5 million tons, according to the national waterways agency, Agência Nacional de Transportes Aquaviários (ANTAQ).  

The tonnage total includes foreign, cabotage and "inland navigation" cargo handled at the nation’s 34 "organized ports" and 142 "private use terminals."  

Dry bulks accounted for 134.9 million tons ( 2.9 percent), liquid bulks for 54.6 million tons ( 0.2 percent), and general cargo for 35.3 million tons ( 4.4 percent). 

Container volumes increased 2.8 percent to 2.2 million TEUs.

Ten ports handled 85.6 percent of the 78.9 million tons of cargo shipped through the organized ports. Star performers were the ports of Suape, with a tonnage increase from first quarter 2014 of 31.6 percent), Itaqui ( 25.0 percent) São Francisco do Sul ( 6.2 percent), and Santos, the nation’s largest public port ( 5.2 percent).

Private use terminals together moved 146.2.1 million tons during the first quarter, an increase of 5.8 percent from first quarter 2014. The principal cargos by weight were iron ore, fuels, bauxite, coal, soy beans, steel and forest products.

Among the top 10 container handlers in the organized port group, the most impressive gains were posted by Santos ( 10.5 percent), which solidified its position as Brazil’s dominant container handler, with a 45.7 percent market share.

China was the principal destination of Brazilian waterborne exports during first quarter 2015, generating more than 50.5 million tons of cargo, or 39.9 percent of the national total. The United States, with 5.3 million tons, ranked fourth, behind The Netherlands and Japan.

The United States, according to the ANTAQ data, was the top originator of Brazilian imports (with more than 6.1 million tons of cargo, or 16.9 percent of the total), followed by China (3.5 million tons), Argentina (2.4 million tons) and Colombia (2.1 million tons). 

Click here to read the full report (in Portuguese).
 

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