Port cargo · 2025
18.338Ministry of Transport of China ↗
billion tonnes
Indicators · Transport and trade
Ports and container throughput
Cargo tonnage and container throughput describe different dimensions of port activity. This page keeps tonnes and TEU on separate charts.
Container throughput
354
million TEU
Foreign-trade cargo
5.653
billion tonnes
billion tonnes
Port cargo by scope, 2023–2025
National total with coastal and inland components. Rounding can prevent components from summing exactly.
Source: Ministry of Transport of China ↗ · Ministry of Transport of China ↗ · Ministry of Transport of China ↗ · billion tonneschinainfigures.com
million TEU
Container throughput, 2023–2025
TEU is a standardised container-capacity unit and should not be converted into cargo tonnes.
Source: Ministry of Transport of China ↗ · Ministry of Transport of China ↗ · Ministry of Transport of China ↗ · million TEUchinainfigures.com
Tonnes and TEU are not interchangeable
Cargo throughput measures mass handled. Container throughput measures standardised box units, regardless of the cargo weight inside each container.
Throughput is not freight carried
Port handling can count cargo as it crosses the port interface. It is not the same series as waterborne freight volume or tonne-kilometres transported.
National totals are not port rankings
The national total aggregates ports across China. Comparing Shanghai, Ningbo-Zhoushan, Shenzhen or other individual ports requires a separate same-scope dataset.
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| Measure | Year | Value | Unit | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal ports | 2025 | 11.63 | billion tonnes | Ministry of Transport of China ↗ |
| Containers | 2025 | 354 | million TEU | Ministry of Transport of China ↗ |
| domestic_port_cargo_throughput | 2025 | 12.69 | billion tonnes | Ministry of Transport of China ↗ |
| foreign_trade_port_cargo_throughput | 2025 | 5.65 | billion tonnes | Ministry of Transport of China ↗ |
| Inland ports | 2025 | 6.70 | billion tonnes | Ministry of Transport of China ↗ |
| Total cargo | 2025 | 18.34 | billion tonnes | Ministry of Transport of China ↗ |
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