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Organization of the logistic chain in the Chinese international trade
II.4.2. Container traffic from Shanghai Port
The management of the Port of Shanghai is very conservative in terms of providing information. It has
not been possible to collect the volumes of container traffic between the port of Shanghai and the main
ports in Europe. The port of shanghai only provided the main volumes of the container traffics between
Shanghai port and European countries.
Comparing with the container traffic between Chinese and European ports provided by Eurostat, some
remarks can be done:
The main container traffic volumes between the port of Shanghai and Europe are traffics with North-
European countries (Germany, Netherlands and United Kingdom) which coincide with the main
European ports for Chinese related traffic (Hamburg, Rotterdam, Felixstowe and Southampton).
Belgium doesn’t appear between the countries in Europe with major traffics with Shanghai port.
Although the ports of Barcelona and Valencia have higher container traffics with China (incl. HK) than
Italy, container traffics between the port of Shanghai and Spain are less important than with Italy.
Major Container Traffic between port of Shanghai and European Countries, 2005 (1.000 TEU)
Country Total Export Import
Germany 620 363 257
The Netherlands 436 238 198
United kingdom 375 221 154
Italy 266 165 101
France 179 106 73
Spain 160 84 76
Russia 88 46 42
Others 448 201 247
Total Europe 2.572 1.424 1.148
Source: Shanghai Port Authority
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Container traffic between Port of Shanghai and major countries
in Europe, 2005 (1.000 TEU)
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kingdom
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101
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247
Italy France Spain Russia Others
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