The port's foreign trade throughput maintained rapid growth

In the first three quarters, China's port cargo throughput was 125.4 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 8.5%, of which the third quarter increased by 9.5%, an increase of 1.5 percentage points over the first half of the year. More than 95% of China's foreign trade import and export freight volume is completed by sea, and the port throughput data is closely related to the level of economic development. In the first three quarters, in the face of the complex and severe external environment and multiple difficult challenges at home, through the active efforts of all parties, China's import and export of goods trade operated smoothly, and the port throughput grew rapidly, which strongly supported economic and social development and the security of the international industrial chain and supply chain.

Strong demand for commodity imports

"Overall, the transportation economy continued to recover steadily in the first three quarters, and the momentum of improvement in the third quarter was obvious." Sun Wenjian, spokesman of the Ministry of Transport, said that with the smooth transition of the epidemic, China's national economic operation has stabilized and rebounded, domestic consumer demand has picked up, and the port cargo throughput has maintained rapid growth since the beginning of this year, and the results of logistics have been further consolidated.

Taking the Yangtze River shipping as an example, in the first three quarters, the Yangtze River trunk port completed a cargo throughput of 28.2 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 7.4%; The container throughput was 1932.7 million TEUs, a year-on-year increase of <>%.

"At present, the domestic manufacturing industry continues to recover steadily, and the demand for bulk commodities and raw material transportation has increased; At the same time, the conditions of the Yangtze River trunk channel are better, the efficiency of ship navigation is higher, and the high operation of the Yangtze River shipping production is supported. Xiong Yu, director of the Transportation Service Department of the Yangtze River Navigation Administration, introduced.

The strong demand for China's major commodity imports is also an important reason for the bright port data. Since the beginning of this year, the total imports of iron ore, coal and grain have reached 13.4 billion tons, a year-on-year increase of 18.3%.

With the extension of the country's policy of zero import provisional tax rate and the continuous decline in coal prices in the international coal market, coal imports have increased significantly since the beginning of this year. In the first three quarters, 3 million tons of coal were imported, a year-on-year increase of 5.73%. Affected by factors such as the continuous rise in interest rates in the United States and Europe and the banking risks in the United States and Europe, international crude oil prices continued to fall, and domestic crude oil production increased slightly. In the first three quarters, 1 million tons of crude oil were imported, a year-on-year increase of 4.2%.

The service guarantee capability has been continuously improved

"Maritime transport has played an important role in ensuring the safe, stable and smooth transportation of key materials such as imported food and energy resources and the safe, stable and smooth flow of international and domestic logistics supply chains." Gao Haiyun, a second-level inspector of the Water Transport Bureau of the Ministry of Transport, said.

In the first eight months of this year, the cargo throughput of Shanghai Port was 8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 4.96%; The throughput of foreign trade goods was 14 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 3.2%.

The rapid growth of cargo throughput is closely related to the improvement of transportation capacity driven by investment. It is understood that SIPG has accelerated the construction of the Shanghai Port Production Command Center, built a world-class digital twin port, and implemented services with technology, and achieved good results.

Sun Wenjian introduced that since the beginning of this year, the Ministry of Transport has accelerated the construction of major projects and continued to promote the expansion of effective investment. In the first three quarters, the investment in transportation fixed assets grew steadily, and in terms of methods, the investment in waterways was 1441.28 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 2.<>%. The investment in fixed assets has maintained a high level of operation, providing strong support for improving the service guarantee capacity of the port and promoting the transformation and upgrading of the port.

Driven by investment and promoted by a series of policies and measures to stabilize foreign trade, the "hard power" of China's major port infrastructure and the "soft power" of innovative services have been continuously improved, and the large logistics system with ports as the hub has gradually taken shape, promoting the port industry to continue to provide strong support for the new development pattern of "domestic circulation, domestic and international dual circulation".

The international logistics supply chain is stable and smooth

In the first eight months of this year, Ningbo Zhoushan Port completed a cargo throughput of 8 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 9.02%; The throughput of foreign trade goods reached 4 million tons, a year-on-year increase of 91.4%, and Ningbo Zhoushan Port continued to optimize the route network layout, broaden the import and export channels of goods, and the total number of container routes remained at a historical high of 09.

According to the person in charge of Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group, since the beginning of this year, Ningbo Zhoushan Port Group has actively responded to the uncertainty brought about by global economic fluctuations and seasonal climate, promoted the construction of collection and distribution network, improved the port transportation energy level and shipping service level, and ensured the stability and smoothness of the logistics supply chain.

"The international logistics supply chain is an important guarantee to promote the safety and stability of the industrial chain and supply chain, promote high-quality development and build a new development pattern of services." Wang Xiuchun, deputy director of the Department of Transportation Services of the Ministry of Transport, said.

Lv Daliang, spokesman of the General Administration of Customs and director of the Department of Statistics and Analysis, said that in the context of the unstable momentum of world economic recovery, China's foreign trade has withstood the pressure, stabilized the scale and optimized the structure, and continued to accumulate positive factors.

According to the relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Transport, at present, the construction of large-scale specialized wharves and deep-water channels along China's coast has been continuously promoted, and the port layout of major cargo transportation systems such as coal, oil, iron ore and containers has been further improved, forming a world-class port group around the Bohai Sea, the Yangtze River Delta, the southeast coast, Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and the Beibu Gulf.

Experts said that with the steady recovery of industrial production, the quality of development continues to improve, under the guidance of government investment and policy incentives, private investment has been effectively driven, the investment structure has been continuously optimized, investment benefits have been continuously improved, and the implementation of RCEP and other free trade agreements has achieved good results. With the accumulation of positive factors to promote development, China's economy will continue to improve, port production will continue to recover and develop, and it is expected that the container throughput of the national port will exceed 3 million TEUs this year.

Qi Hui