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The Port of Yokohama handled a total of 2,661,622 TEUs of containers in 2020, down 11.1% from the previous calendar year, according to the city of Yokohama’s Port and Harbor Bureau. Oceangoing shipments amounted to 2,412,172 TEUs, down 10.6%, which consisted of 1,280,280 TEUs of exports, down 10.5%, and 1,131,891 TEUs of imports, down 10.8%. Domestic containers accounted for the balance of 249,450 TEUs, down 15.4%.
Looking at commodities exported in oceangoing containers on a tonnage scale, auto parts and components held the largest share of the pie, but quantitatively, they plummeted a significant 26.1% to 3.01 million tons in total. Finishing in second place, dyes and other chemical products shrank a slight 0.5% to 1.91 million tons. Completed automobiles fell 10% to 1.28 million tons, while industrial machinery decreased a more notable 17.3% to 1.27 million tons.
As for imports, processed foodstuffs, which declined 4.7% to 1.98 million tons in volume, managed to account for the largest part. Electrical machinery, in contrast, improved 3.3% to 1.82 million tons, coming in second place. Ranked third were fruit and vegetables, which enjoyed a double-digit growth of 14.8% to total 1.47 million tons. Placing fourth, dyes and other chemical products diminished a minute 0.2% to 1.3 million tons.
By trade partner, 3.27 million tons were exported to China, down 1.4%; however, they hit the No. 1 spot. The second-largest destination was Thailand, but exports to the nation plummeted 18.5% to 1.15 million tons. They were followed by those to Taiwan, which shrank 1.6% to 870,000 tons. Exports to Vietnam waned as much, depreciating a mild 1.6% to 850,000 tons and coming in fourth place.
As regards imports, those from China weighed 7.32 million tons, down 7%. Containers from other sources declined across the board. For example, those from the U.S. slid 13.9% to 2.22 million tons; from Thailand, 15.1% to 1.59 million tons; and from Australia, 12.7% to 1.11 million tons.
