São Paulo – Figures announced last week by the da Paranaguá and Antonina Port Administration (Appa), in the state of Paraná, show that the two ports had a record cargo throughput this year. According to the Appa, 38 million tonnes of cargo have passed through the port. By the end of the month, the total volume shipped should be 41 million tonnes.
According to the Appa, revenues from exports at the Paranaguá and Antonina ports stand at US$ 16 billion. The figure is 14% higher than the previous record, which dates from 2006.
In Paranaguá, soy exports increased. A total of 6.7 million tonnes of the commodity were shipped abroad, 13% more than in the previous record, from 2003. Shipments of another agricultural commodity, sugar, also peaked in Paranaguá. Shipments reached 4 million tonnes, 4% more than in 2010. Fertilizer imports and vehicle throughput also grew at the port.
In turn, the Port of Antonina, which provides support to Paranaguá, saw a throughput of 1.3 million tonnes, 25% more than in the previous record, from 2004, and 400% higher than last year, according to the Appa.
*Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
