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SCMP Reporter

CONTAINERISED exports from Japan to China in July showed a decline of 12.9 per cent from a year earlier to 15,531 teu, according to figures released by the Japan-China Marine Transportation Council.

  Containerised exports from China to Japan posted a strong gain of 28.7 per cent to 51,377 teu in July, the council said.

  Feeder cargo from Japan to China dropped 52.2 per cent to 3,400 teu.

  Of the China-bound cargo, Shanghai registered 5,745 teu (down 18.3 per cent), Tianjin 2,282 (up 11.3 per cent), Qingdao 1,060 (up 28.6 per cent), Dalian 1,701 (down 31 per cent), and other ports 4,743 (down 13.3 per cent).

  Of the Chinese exports to Japan, 15,581 teu came from Shanghai (up 27.5 per cent), 8,413 from Tianjin (up 56.8 per cent), 7,148 from Qingdao (up 34.5 per cent), 5,256 from Dalian (up 29.6 per cent) and 14,979 from other ports (up 15.6 per cent).

  Japanese ships hauled 8,409 teu both ways, accounting for 12.6 per cent of the total, while Chinese vessels transported 58,499 teu, or the other 87.4 per cent.

  The volume of container cargo moving between Japan and China through Kobe port in the first half of this year plunged 65.1 per pent year-on-year to 54,612 teu, because of the January earthquake.

  The port's share of Japan-China container liftings also slumped, to 14.6 per cent from 46.8 per cent last year, the council said.

  However, the shares of Osaka and Yokohama ports surged, from 7.6 to 19.2 per cent and from 27.5 to 38.7 per cent.

  Yokohama thus replaced Kobe as the number one port in Japan in terms of cargo handling share.

  As for the quantity of container cargo handled, Tokyo and Osaka scored big gains, up 3.2-fold and 2.8-fold year-on-year.

  Of the China-bound cargo, Osaka's handling volume of 13,286 teu registered the biggest gain (194.3 per cent), followed by Tokyo, up 159.1 per cent although its volume was limited to 4,237 teu.

  Tokyo port, aside from the impact of the earthquake, has stepped up its drive since October last year to attract Japan-China trade and China-related cargo.

  Yokohama grew 64.7 per cent to 42,373 teu, while gains were also registered by Moji (up 57.7 per cent to 5,923 teu) and Nagoya (up 28.3 per cent to 10.729 teu).

   However, Kobe suffered a sharp fall of 67.4 per cent to 17,980 teu.

  As for inbound container cargo from China, increases were registered by all major Japanese ports except Kobe.

  Tokyo posted the biggest gain of 223.6 per cent to 10,975 teu, followed by Osaka (up 181.5 per cent to 58,579 teu), Moji (up 64.9 per cent to 23,963 teu), Yokohama (up 60 per cent to 102,565 teu) and Nagoya (up 53.7 per cent to 43,110 teu).

  Kobe fell 63.8 per cent to 36,632 teu.



Japan-China cargo in July falls 12.9 pc