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Container trade between Japan and China fell 7.8% year on year to 2,789,950 TEUs in 2009, of which outbound volume from Japan declined a slight 1.7% to 942,453 TEUs while inbound volume from China to Japan slumped 10.7% from a year earlier to 1,847,497 TEUs, according to statistics released by the Shipping Conference and General Administration (SCAGA).
However, in December 2009, total box traffic surged 20.5% on year to 272,772 TEUs, the largest monthly year - on - year growth and volume in the year.