Tokyo Container Trade Hit Record High in 2011

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The number of foreign trade containers handled by the Port of Tokyo rose 8.6% in 2011 from the previous year to a record high of about 4.144 million twenty foot equivalent units (TEU).
According to a preliminary report released by the Tokyo metropolitan government, about 1.913 million tonnes TEU were exported last year, up 10.0%, and about 2.231 million TEU were imported, up 7.4%.
Tokyo is Japan’s largest container port, followed by Yokohama, Nagoya, Kobe and Osaka. The preliminary report does not give any analysis.
In terms of volume, Tokyo handled 44.666 million tons of container cargo in foreign trade in 2011, up 4.3% from a year earlier. Container cargo exports totaled 12.475 million tonnes, down 3.5%, and container cargo imports amounted to 32.191 million tonnes, up 7.7%.
China and the U.S. are Tokyo’s largest- and second-largest trading partners in terms of container trade volume. The two countries are also the largest and second-largest export markets and import sources for the Japanese port in terms of container trade volume.
Tokyo’s container cargo exports to the U.S. rose 4.4% to 2.467 million tonnes, and its container cargo imports from the U.S. also increased 8.8% to 3.508 million tonnes.
Source: http://www.transreporter.com/