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The throughput of containerized cargo in the ports of Latin America and the Caribbean rose around 6.1% in 2017, according to data released recently by the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, known as ECLAC (in Spanish and Portuguese CEPAL). This average figure points to a rebound versus the last three years, when low or negative growth rates in container throughput were recorded at a regional level.
The countries whose container port terminals contributed the most to the change in cargo volume versus the previous year are (from greatest to smallest, according to their relative change): the Dominican Republic (24.0%), Colombia (13.3%), Mexico (12.2%), Panama (10.1%) and Brazil (5.0%). They are followed by, with a smaller contribution to the rise in regional volume but notable relative changes in terms of individual performance: Honduras (9.8%), Peru (9.4%), Argentina (6.7%), Uruguay (5.8%), Chile (5.7%) and Ecuador (4.7%).
