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The Port of Kawasaki handled 6,934 TEUs of foreign-trade containers in May, down 7.1% year on year, according to the Kawasaki City Government’s Port and Harbor Bureau. Including domestic containers, total throughput amounted to 8,580 TEUs, down 7.8%.
Exports accounted for 3,754 TEUs, down 5.9%, and imports, 3,180 TEUs, down 8.5%. As for loaded containers, 229 TEUs were exported, down 52.3%, and 3,145 TEUs were imported, down 6.8%. Empty exports numbered 3,525 TEUs, up 0.5%, and imports, 35 TEUs, down 65%. Domestic containers totaled 1,646 TEUs, down 10.8%.
From January through May, Kawasaki processed 37,178 TEUs of foreign-trade containers, up 2.8%, comprising 18,631 TEUs of exports, up 9.5%, and 18,547 TEUs of imports, down 3.2%.
Exports of loaded containers accounted for 3,328 TEUs, up 5%; imports, 17,764 TEUs; down 5.5%; exports of empty containers, 15,303 TEUs, up 10.6%; and imports, 783 TEUs, up 111.6%. Domestic containers added up to 11,808 TEUs, up 6.6%, making overall throughput 48,986 TEUs, up 3.6%.
