Automotive Exports August 2022

Freight handled
at ports rose
nearly 7 pct in
first half
Total volume of freight handled atTurkey’s
ports increased by 6.6 percent in the
first half of the year from a year ago to
273.5 million tons, Transport Minister Adil
Karaismailoğlu has said. In June alone, ports
handled 45.3 million tons of goods, marking
a 3.7 percent increase from the same month
of 2021, the minister said in a written
statement. Ports also handled 12.9 million
tons of good destined for foreign markets,
down 4.3 percent on an annual basis, while
the volume of imported goods rose by 9.6
percent to 19.96 million tons, according to
Karaismailoğlu.
“Consequently, foreign trade-related freight
handling at the ports increased in June by
3.7 percent from a year ago to 32.9 million
tons.”
The U.S. was the top destination of export
goods with 1.63 million tons, followed by
Italy and Spain and cement was the largest
export item shipped from the Turkish ports
to foreign markets. In import freights, Russia
and oil topped the list.
The port in the northwestern province of
Kocaeli was the busiest as 6.98 million tons
of freight were handled there, followed
by the ports in Aliağa and Ceyhan, said
Karaismailoğlu.
The volume of containers handled at the
country’s ports stood at 6.4 million TEU
(twenty-foot equivalent unit) in January-
June, up 2.7 percent from the same period
of last year, while the volume of transit
containers was down 16.2 percent to
158,177 TEU, the minister also said.
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