Export volume for April was 122,123 tons, down 11.6% year-on-year. Total export volume for the first four months was 457,236 tons, representing a drop of 4.1% year-on-year.
Import volume for April was 57,748 tons, down 6.4% against April last year. Aggregate import volume for the first four months of 2011 was 233,138 tons, down 1.3% against the same period last year. On account of the quake as well as its subsequent tsunami and nuclear crises, import from Japan in April showed a year-on-year decrease of 28.1%.
The transshipment volume was 45,920 tons in April, dropped by 6.1% year-on-year. Cumulative transshipment tonnage for the first four months was 185,762 tons, representing a year-on-year growth of 7.6%.
The export, import and transshipment volumes for April and the first four months of 2011 are tabulated as follows:
Tonnage handled by Hactl in April and January to April 2011
Apr-11 | Jan to Apr 2011 (Cumulative) |
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Tonnage (in tonnes) |
Year-on-Year Growth |
Tonnage (in tonnes) |
Year-on-Year Growth |
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Export | 122,123 | -11.60% | 457,236 | -4.10% |
Import | 57,748 | -6.40% | 233,138 | -1.30% |
Transshipment | 45,920 | -6.10% | 185,762 | 7.60% |
Total | 225,791 | -9.30% | 876,136 | -1.10% |