China trade increase may be short-lived
Throughput at China’s major ports inched up by 0.5% to 2.6bn tonnes in the first six months of 2009 as demand for imports increased.
Out of the shadows: Chinese port trade increase expected to be short-lived
China’s Ministry of Transport attributed the rise to an increase in domestic demand for commodities such as coal, crude oil and iron ore.
During the period, China’s ports handled a total of 310m tonnes of iron ore, representing an increase of...
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