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Cargo throughput at ports grows steadily

China saw an overall growth in cargo throughput at ports in the first half of 2019. Chinese cargo throughput at ports reached about 6.7 billion metric tons in the first six months, up by 4.5 percent compared with the same period of 2018, according to a report released on the website of the National Development and Reform Commission. In June alone, cargo throughput came in at 1.2 billion tons, up 6.7 percent year-on-year. Foreign trade cargo throughput amounted to 2.1 billion tons in the first half year, up 2.4 percent year-on-year, while the reading came in at 363 million tons in June, said the report.