CARGO HANDLING AT PARANÁ PORTS UP 8.4% IN FIRST EIGHT MONTHS OF 2020

In the period from January to August 2020, the ports of Paraná handled 38.67 million tons of cargo. The volume is 8.4% higher than that registered in the same period in 2019 when 35.65 million tons were transported.

“The volume handled last year was the best in history. So far, we have handled almost 73% of this movement and expectations are very good. If we manage to maintain the same average from September to December, then we should close 2020 with a new record”, stated Luiz Fernando Garcia, CEO of the company Portos do Paraná. According to him, despite a very atypical year due to the restrictions imposed by the Covid-19 pandemic, foreign trade showed a steady increase in exports.  In August alone, 5.37 million tons arrived or left Brazil through the ports of Paraná – 2.27% more than that registered in the same month in 2019.

The rise in the port activity in Paraná throughout the year was consistent, with an average growth of 8% per month. The best month of the year was May, with 5.71 million tons.

Solid Bulk

Almost 67% of the cargo handled in 2020 at the ports of Paranaguá and Antonina was solid bulk. The sum of the segment’s import and export products exceeds 25.78 million tons. The volume is 9% higher than in the same eight months of 2019.

General cargo represented about 8.05 million tons, equivalent to 21% of the movement for the year, a 9% increase In comparison with the same period last year.

Liquid bulk accounted for 12% of export and import cargo in the ports of Paraná, with 4.83 million tons handled in the segment, up 5% compared to 2019.

Container movement in the last eight months increased by 5%, to 604,787 TEU, compared with 575,860 TEU year-on-year. During this period, 51.3% were imports (310,282 TEU) and 294,505 TEU were exports.

For movement in general, considering all types of cargo, exports accounted for almost 66% of all activity in the ports of Paraná. From January to August, 25.46 million tons of Brazilian products went to other countries. The exported volume is 13% higher than in the same period last year (22.55 million tons).

Imports, which totaled 13.2 million tons this year, increased by 1% in relation to the volume registered in 2019 (13.1 million).

The following chart shows cargo movement by product:

Source: Portos do Paraná

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