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The Port of Tokyo exported and imported a total of 367,388 TEUs of containers in May, up 0.1% year on year, according to preliminary statistics unveiled by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government (TMG)’s Bureau of Port and Harbor.
The total consisted of 263,288 TEUs of loaded containers, down 0.9%, and 104,100 TEUs of empty containers, up 2.7%. More specifically, loaded containers comprises 57,409 TEUs of exports, down 10.4%, and 205,879 TEUs of imports, up 2.1%. As for empty containers, 102,658 TEUs were exported, up 1.9%, and 1,442 TEUs were imported, up 114.9%.
Meanwhile, domestic containers amounted to 41,936 TEUs, down 12.3%. In total, loaded exports and imports numbered 281,943 TEUs, down 0.9%, and empties, 127,380 TEUs down 2.3%.
In the first five months (January–May), loaded exports and imports totaled 1.28 million TEUs, down 1%, of which 314,704 were exported, down 1.6%, and 965,921 TEUs were imported, down 0.8%. Empties came to 480,390 TEUs in total, up 4.6%, comprising 475,993 TEUs of exports, up 5.1%, and 4,397 TEUs of imports, down 31%.
Domestic containers were made up of 93,385 TEUs of loaded containers, down 1.9%, and 123,824 TEUs of empty containers, down 15.3%. In total, loaded international and domestic containers summed to 1.37 million TEUs, down 1.1%, and empties, 604,214 TEUs, down 0.2%.
