South Asia - Container port traffic

Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units)

The value for Container port traffic (TEU: 20 foot equivalent units) in South Asia was 29,062,240 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 20 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 30,649,190 in 2019 and a minimum value of 4,639,518 in 2000.

Definition: Port container traffic measures the flow of containers from land to sea transport modes., and vice versa, in twenty-foot equivalent units (TEUs), a standard-size container. Data refer to coastal shipping as well as international journeys. Transshipment traffic is counted as two lifts at the intermediate port (once to off-load and again as an outbound lift) and includes empty units.

Source: UNCTAD (http://unctad.org/en/Pages/statistics.aspx)

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Year Value
2000 4,639,518
2001 5,856,543
2002 5,557,320
2003 7,288,887
2004 8,537,181
2005 9,932,668
2006 11,898,750
2007 14,047,140
2008 14,442,770
2009 14,774,960
2010 16,537,830
2011 17,902,100
2012 18,065,470
2013 18,773,060
2014 20,488,330
2015 21,952,030
2016 22,837,000
2017 27,573,760
2018 30,222,050
2019 30,649,190
2020 29,062,240

Classification

Topic: Infrastructure Indicators

Sub-Topic: Transportation