Container Trade Hits All-Time High

Container trade through Sydney’s ports has hit an all-time high with preliminary trade figures for 2006/07 showing a 12% increase over last year.

 “Six years of continuous growth in containerised trade is a significant achievement for any port, and Sydney’s Ports have achieved that, growing from 990,600 TEU’s in 2000/01 to 1,619,000 TEU’s this financial year,” said Greg Martin, Sydney Ports CEO.

While trade in import containers has grown by 10.6%, growth in full container exports has also been a robust 7.1% over last year.

Top commodities were machinery and equipment, manufactured articles, chemicals, paper and textiles. Chemicals, paper, machinery and equipment, waste paper and manufactured articles led the export growth.

Our main trading partners include China, the USA, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Thailand.

Major countries receiving our exports include New Zealand, China, Japan, Indonesia and USA.

Trade of bulk liquids and gases through the ports has also increased substantially with 674,500 Mass Tonnes traded, a 16.7% increase over last year.