Ports of Paranaguá and Antonina register growth in January

January cargo handling in the Ports of Paranaguá and Antonina grew by about 4% compared to January 2020. Imports and exports reached 3,599,435 tons of cargo during the month. In the same 31 days of last year, 3,446,228 tons were handled.

“Despite all the rain we had in January, which ends up impacting some operations,  operators managed to increase productivity and generate good results during the dry days, especially in the general cargo and liquid bulk segments, which drove the increase”, says Luiz Fernando Garcia, CEO of Portos do Paraná.

1,027,598 tons of general cargo were handled in January this year, 12% higher than the 915,861 tons handled in January 2020. As for liquid bulk, this year, 664,225 tons were imported and exported. In the same period last year, 610,370 tons were handled. The registered increase in the segment is 9%.

Regarding the handling in the first month of 2021, Garcia explains that the segment most impacted by the stoppages due to rain is that of solid bulk, which registered a slight drop. Comparing January this year, when 1,907,613 tons of bulk were handled, in both directions, to January 2020, when 1,919,997 million tons were handled, the variation was -1%.

“With the entry of the new harvest as of the end of this month of February, certainly the segment is already growing again because sales continue to be heated, with most of the contracts already closed”, comments Garcia.

In January 2020, 320,182 tons of soy were handled. This year, 30,000 tons were handled. “This was just a remaining balance after the increase that it maintained throughout last year”, says Luiz Fernando Garcia.

Port of Antonina – The Port of Antonina handled 43,766 tons in January this year, 21% higher than the 36,245 tons registered in 2020. The main product handled was sugar (bags). Of this, 31,057 tons were exported in January. Last year, there were no exports of the product there.

The other product handled by Antonina’s terminal is fertilizer (imports). Of this, 2,709 tons were imported in January of this year.

Sugar and vegetable oil

Sugar handling also increased at the Port of Paranaguá. 329,372 tons of sugar, in bags and in bulk, were exported in January this year through the Paranaguá terminals. The volume is 198% higher than the 110,477 tons registered in January 2020.

Other products that stand out in exports through the Port of Paranaguá in the month of January this year were vegetable oil (soy), which registered an increase of 65%; corn, which rose 40%; and soybean meal, whose volume handled this year is 24% higher than that recorded in January 2020.

45,349 tons of vegetable oil were exported this year compared to 27,548 tons in January 2020. 417,487 tons of corn were exported this January compared to 297,802 tons in January last year. Of soybean meal, 396,969 tons were exported this year compared to 321,315 tons in January 2020.

Imports – Among the import cargo, the handling of general cargo stands out at 469,378 tons imported this year, 15% more than the 408,176 tons registered in 2020. Among the solid bulk, 13,919 tons of salt were handled in January this year. In the same month last year, there were no imports of the product.

Among the bulk liquids, methanol imports increased by 18%, with 97,818 tons handled this year compared to 82,798 tons handled last year. Vegetable oils were up 4451% with 170,174 tons handled this year compared to 3,739 tons last year.

Total January imports totaled 1,841,804 tons, 3.3% more than in January 2020 when1,782,767 tons were handled. Exports totaled 1,757,631 tons, 6% more than last year when 1,663,461 tons were handled.

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