In July, container throughput increased by 11.2% year -on -year

The Ministry of Transport released data on the 25th. In July, my country completed the container throughput of 26.36 million standard boxes, an increase of 11.2%year -on -year, and the growth rate accelerated by 4.7 percentage points from June.

Su Jie, deputy director of the Comprehensive Planning Department of the Ministry of Transport, said at a routine press conference held by the Ministry of Transport on the same day that in July, my country completed 1.34 billion tons of cargo throughput in China, from 2.3%in June to 5.7 increased by 5.7 %, Internal and foreign trade throughput increased by 7.3%and 2%, respectively.

In terms of investment in fixed assets of transportation, Su Jie introduced that in July, my country completed 33.9 billion yuan in transportation fixed assets, an increase of 4.1%year -on -year. Among them, the investment in the highway waterway was 259.1 billion yuan, an increase of 7.5%year -on -year.

According to data in July, in terms of freight, my country completed 4.42 billion tons of operating freight, a decrease of 0.8%year -on -year, and a decrease of 1.1 percentage points from June. Accelerate 1.7 percentage points. In terms of passenger transportation, my country completed 620 million people ’s transport volume, a year -on -year decrease of 26.1%, and the decline was narrowed by 5.3 percentage points from June. Among them, the volume of roads and waterway passenger traffic narrowed 4.3 and 19 percentage points respectively; 36 central cities across the country were respectively; The passenger volume was 3.99 billion people, a year -on -year decrease of 15.6%, and the decline was narrowed by 1.7 percentage points from June; 9 and below of 9 and below of the highway to complete 1.72 billion people, a decrease of 10.6%year -on percentage point.

"In general, the freight volume in July basically returned to the same period last year. The passenger volume drove the decline in the summer season. "Su Jie said.

Source: Xinhuanet

Reporter: Ye Haoming

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