Buenos Aires records 1.5% increase in TEU handling between Jan-May 2020

Buenos Aires Port recorded a 1.5% increase in TEU handling in the first five months of 2020 compared to the same period in 2019. In addition, in May, the Gross Record Tonnage (TRN) of container ships increased, representing 28% more cargo than in April.

Another positive fact about the port relates to a coordinated work with different organizations that allowed 6,939 wagons with cargo from different Argentine provinces to arrive at the port during the first half of this year, exceeding the total number of wagons that operated in port terminals throughout the whole of 2019.

The following graph shows the movement of cargo through the Port of Buenos Aires in the first five months of 2020:

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Below are the main destinations for cargo shipped through the Argentine Port in the first five months of 2020:
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The origins of the cargo received by the port in the period from January to June 2020 are as follows:

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Source: DataLiner
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China appears as the main source of products imported through the Port of Buenos Aires and also as the main destination for exported products. In both imports and exports, the United States ranks second, followed by Brazil in third place.

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