Barcelona's throughput up to May 2020
The Port of Barcelona has published its figures for the first five months of the current year. Overall, freight traffic fell by 17.2%, totalling 23.75 million t of cargo. Containers recorded a 20% drop with almost 1,158,000 teu moved. With regards to imports, full containers fell by 11.9%, while full export containers declined by 2.2%.
Broken down to countries, in terms of exports China (59.6%), India (28.1%), Brazil (13.8%) and Turkey (10.1%) were the most dynamic markets in the first five months of the year. As for imports, trade with the United States (12.5%) and Indonesia (8.3%) remained positive.
The automotive sector shrunk by 45.8% or 188,000 units compared to the same period of 2019. In the bulk segment, solids remained at the level of the previous year, with a movement of more than 1,676,000 t (-0.3%). Liquids, with a total of 5,545,920 t handled, fell by 18.1%. (mw)