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              Trade via Containers in the Region’s Ports Falls 0.9% in 2016




            -ECLAC’s  new  ports  rank-  high  degree  of  heteroge-                                                            tina.  Meanwhile,  the  west
            ing confirms the decline in  neity in this activity’s growth                                                        coast  shows  a  rebound  in
            the  region’s  foreign  trade  rates within the region.                                                             container  activity  (4.5%)
            last year and marks a loss in  The  deceleration  in  the                                                           when  compared  with  the
            activity not seen since the  regional  average  of  port                                                            growth  rate  seen  in  2015
            crisis of 2009.              throughput  began  several                                                             (0.4%), due to the positive
                                         years  ago:  6.0%  in  2012,                                                           evolution  of  port  terminals
            SANTIAGO,  CHILE  -  The  1.3%  in  2013,  2.4%  in  2014                                                           in Chile (4.8%), Peru (8.4%)
            throughput  of  container-   and 2.5% in 2015.                                                                      and Ecuador (4.5%).
            ized  cargo  in  the  ports  of  The  deterioration  in  2016                                                       At  the  same  time,  Cen-
            Latin  America  and  the  was mainly determined by                                                                  tral  America  went  from  a
            Caribbean  fell  0.9%  in  a decline in activity in five                                                            positive growth rate in 2015
            2016,  according  to  data  countries:   Brazil   (-4.4%),                                                          (3.4%)  to  a  3.5%  decline
            released  last  week  by  Panama (-9.1%), Colombia        A cargo ship docks at the Panama Port Company, in Panama   in  total  volumes  in  2016,
                                                                      City, Tuesday, June 13, 2017. The throughput of containerized
            ECLAC.  This  regional  aver-  (-3.6%),  Argentina  (-6.1%)   cargo in the ports of Latin America and the Caribbean fell 0.9%   mainly  due  to  reduced
            age  continues  the  nega-   and The Bahamas (-14.3%).    in 2016, according to data released last week by ECLAC.   throughput   in   Panama
            tive  trend  of  deceleration  These  drops  were  mitigat-                               (AP Photo/Arnulfo Franco )  (-9.1%).
            that  has  been  observed  ed  by  the  increases  seen   operations with this type of  Economic      Commission    As  in  the  past,  the  drivers
            in  the  last  few  years  and  in  some  countries  of  the   cargo in the region. The fol-  for  Latin  America  and  the   of  growth,  deceleration
            represents  the  biggest  loss  region,  which  contributed   lowing 100 ports move the  Caribbean  (ECLAC)  points   or  decline  in  activity  in  in-
            since the 2009 crisis.       to raising the total volume:   remaining  10%  (4.4  million  to  great  heterogeneity  in   dividual ports vary. For ex-
            The  United  Nations  body  Mexico  (3.2%  rise),  Chile   TEU).                       the  performance  of  port   ample, the ports of Callao
            unveiled  a  new  edition  of  (4.8%),  Peru  (8.4%),  Ecua-  Container port traffic on a  throughput, both at a sub-  in Peru (8.1%), Guayaquil in
            its ranking of container port  dor  (4.5%),  the  Dominican   global  level  also  showed  regional level and by coun-  Ecuador  (6.9%),  Caucedo
            throughput,  published  in  Republic (8.3%), Guatema-     little dynamism in 2016. Ac-  try. In 2016, the east coast   in the Dominican Republic
            its  Maritime  and  Logistics  la (8.8%), Costa Rica (7.3%)   cording  to  estimates  pub-  of  South  America  experi-  (11.1%),  and  San  Antonio
            Profile, which confirms two  and Uruguay (9.5%).          lished  by  Alphaliner,  the  enced  a  decline  in  activ-  (10.0%) and Lirquén (60.1%)
            trends  seen  in  the  region  The total volume of activity   volumes in the world’s top  ity (-3.7%), which was more   in Chile, showed the high-
            in  recent  years:  an  overall  in  2016  reached  approxi-  100 container ports rose just  pronounced  than  in  2015   est  rises  in  volume  due  to
            steepening  of  the  decel-  mately  47.5  million  TEU*.   1.8% in 2016, to 555.6 million  (-0.7%)  due  to  the  steep-  the  success  of  their  proj-
            eration  of  foreign  trade  in  The first 40 ports in the rank-  TEU.                 er  drop  recorded  in  the   ects and their commercial
            container  terminals  and  a  ing represent nearly 90% of   The data compiled by the  ports  of  Brazil  and  Argen-  management. q
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