The traffic data reflected in the Port Authority’s Statistical Bulletin for the month of September show that Spanish exports from Valenciaport continue to grow.
The increase in exports is consolidated both in terms of tonnes (t) with 2.08 million tonnes handled in the ninth month of the year (+11.20%), and in the number of containers with 70,973 TEUs (6.1 metre containers) full of cargo (+3.76%), positive percentages which reflect the increases compared to the same month last year.
The commercial export increase in September in the Valencian docks consolidates the export balance of the last twelve months and reflects the first upward figures compared to the previous year and reinforces the increase so far this year (from January to September have grown by +1.63% in TEUs and +1.93% in t).
Furthermore, Valenciaport continues to have China, the United States, Italy and Turkey as its main countries of reference for the exchange of goods. So far this year it has exchanged more than 16 million tonnes with them (6.1 with China; 5.1 with Italy; 4.1 with the United States and 3.3 with Turkey) but the role of distribution centre for import/export traffic and transhipments on a global level that the Valencian port is taking on has meant that exchanges with countries such as Saudi Arabia have increased by +49.23%.
Besides, geographical areas such as the Red Sea, the Baltic countries and the Mediterranean countries show the greatest growth in the first nine months of the year. Between January and September, the volume of containers exchanged between the Valencian docks and the main ports of the Red Sea grew by +73.54%; with the Baltic countries, by +58.56% and with the Mediterranean countries, by +36.57%. In addition, this month also saw significant increases in trade with Australia +41.32% and South/East Africa +36.5%.
Overall, the total sum of traffic for the month of September, the PAV Bulletin shows a monthly growth in tonnes of +13.10% with a total of 7.1 million tonnes handled and +28.95% in containers, with a total of 490,516 TEUs moved in the Valencian docks. At the year-on-year figures, the growth over the last 12 months is +7.69% t and +14.50% TEUs. In relation to passenger traffic, a total of 193,319 people passed through the Valencian docks in September, a figure which shows an overall increase of +18.96%, with an increase of +63.88% in regular line passengers (105,479 passengers) and a decrease of -10.5% in the number of cruise passengers (87,840), both percentages in relation to the figures for the same month in 2023.
