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Macao's land containerized cargo soars by 101 pct in October

MACAO
2019-12-03 19:42

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MACAO, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The gross weight of containerized cargo to Macao by land in October soared by 101.0 percent year-on-year to 2,455 tonnes, the special administrative region's statistic service said here on Tuesday.


The latest report from the Statistics and Census Service (DSEC) indicated that the cargo passing through the Cotai Checkpoint amounted to 2,422 tonnes, an upsurge of 138.4 percent year-on-year.

Meanwhile, gross weight of port containerized cargo decreased by 23.9 percent to 11,850 tonnes, with cargo handled at the Inner Harbour (5,913 tonnes) and the Kaho Harbour (5,937 tonnes) falling by 22.1 percent and 25.6 percent year-on-year respectively.

In the first ten months, gross weight of containerized cargo by land surged by 35.2 percent year-on-year to 16,665 tonnes, while that of port containerized cargo reduced by 12.2 percent to 123,296 tonnes.

The Macao International Airport handled 4,144 tonnes of air cargo in October, up by 3.9 percent year-on-year. The gross weight of inward cargo (659 tonnes) and outward cargo (2,868 tonnes) grew by 7.4 percent and 5.5 percent respectively, while that of transit cargo (617 tonnes) decreased by 6.0 percent.

In the first ten months, air cargo rose by 1.3 percent year-on-year to 32,517 tonnes, the DSEC report added.
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